GeForce GTX 1630 vs GTX 490

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated390
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data11.83
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGF100TU117
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data28 June 2022 (2 years ago)

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 cores480512
Core clock speed608 MHz1740 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1785 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)365 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate36.4857.12
Floating-point processing power1.166 TFLOPS1.828 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs6032

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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length279 mm145 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 amount1536 MB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed854 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth164.0 GB/s96 GB/s

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 Connectors3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.07.5

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 1630 has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 386.7% lower power consumption.

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