GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs GT 630M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1006	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.91	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GF108	GP108
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	22 March 2012 (12 years ago)	12 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$79

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 cores	96	384
Core clock speed	Up to 800 MHz	1152 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1379 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.56	33.10
Floating-point processing power	0.2534 TFLOPS	1.059 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	16
TMUs	16	24

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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x4
Length	no data	145 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	DDR3\GDDR5	DDR4
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	Up to 128bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 32.0 GB/s	16.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
Optimus	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
DirectX 11.2	12 API	no data
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	6.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 March 2012	12 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	20 Watt

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