Jetson Nano GPU vs GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGP108GM20B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 March 2018 (6 years ago)March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384128
Core clock speed1152 MHz640 MHz
Boost clock speed1379 MHz921 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate33.1014.74
Floating-point processing power1.059 TFLOPS0.2358 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs2416

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4IGP
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR4System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1050 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth16.8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMINo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1
CUDA6.15.3

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 20 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 10 Watt

GT 1030 DDR4 has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Jetson Nano GPU, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and Jetson Nano GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is a desktop card while Jetson Nano GPU is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
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