NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4) (Pascal) and has 2 GB DDR4 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 17 GB/s.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 240 GB/s.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 has the GP108-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB is based on the graphics chip GA106-302-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4) Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
GP108-310-A1 GPU Chip GA106-302-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
3 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
384 Shader 3584
16 Render Output Units 48
24 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 clocks at 1.050 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 2.1 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB is 15.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.875 GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 8 GB
DDR4 Memory Type GDDR6
1.050 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
2.1 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
17 GB/s Memory bandwidth 240 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.152 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.379 GHz Boost Clock 1.867 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is powered by connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 20 W.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 170 W.

20 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is equipped with a total of 0 Axial main fans.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 3 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
-- DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 4 lanes and requires 1 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

-- Length 200 mm
-- Height 123 mm
-- Width 38 mm
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q1/2018.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB came on the market in Q4/2022 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no Dual-RTX3060-O8G
Q1/2018 Release date Q4/2022
79 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 8 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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