GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB vs GT 1030

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking576not rated
Place by popularity36not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.31no data
Power efficiency14.56no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP108TU102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 May 2017 (7 years ago)12 October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3844608
Core clock speed1228 MHz1350 MHz
Boost clock speed1468 MHz1635 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate35.23470.9
Floating-point processing power1.127 TFLOPS15.07 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs24288
Tensor Coresno data576
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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 x4PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/s768.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 HDMI1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI++
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 May 2017 12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 250 Watt

GT 1030 has 733.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 1030 and GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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