GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs GT 630

Place in performance ranking	881	357
Place by popularity	85	not in top-100
Value for money	0.08	1.38
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GF108	GP107
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 May 2012 (11 years ago)	21 May 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$99.99	no data
Current price	$112 (1.1x MSRP)	$1118

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1050 3 GB has 1625% better value for money than GT 630.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	768
Core clock speed	810 MHz	1392 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1518 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.96	72.86
Floating-point performance	311.0 gflops	no data

Size and 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	145 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory

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 type	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	84.1 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	2.1	6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 630 1.75

GTX 1050 3 GB 13.30
+660%

GTX 1050 3 GB outperforms GT 630 by 660% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GT 630 679

GTX 1050 3 GB 5149
+658%

GTX 1050 3 GB outperforms GT 630 by 658% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	1.75	13.30
Recency	15 May 2012	21 May 2018
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	75 Watt