GeForce GT 1030 vs GTX 560

Place in performance ranking	513	540
Place by popularity	not in top-100	25
Value for money	1.64	2.64
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GF114	N17P-G1
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	17 May 2011 (12 years ago)	17 May 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$79
Current price	$76 (0.4x MSRP)	$137 (1.7x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 1030 has 61% better value for money than GTX 560.

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	336	384
Core clock speed	810 MHz	1228 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1670 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	30 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	99 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	45.36	35.23
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops	1,127 gflops

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).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x4
Length	8.25" (21 cm)	145 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	no data

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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	48.06 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
G-SYNC support	no data	+
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
VR Ready	no data	+

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	4.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	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.

GTX 560 7.07
+10.6%

GT 1030 6.39

GTX 560 outperforms GT 1030 by 11% 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%

GTX 560 2736
+10.6%

GT 1030 2473

GTX 560 outperforms GT 1030 by 11% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 560 3030

GT 1030 3625
+19.6%

GT 1030 outperforms GTX 560 by 20% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 560 9010

GT 1030 9699
+7.6%

GT 1030 outperforms GTX 560 by 8% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	27−30 +8%	25 −8%
1440p	21−24 +0%	21 +0%
4K	9−10 +0%	9 +0%

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	7.07	6.39
Recency	17 May 2011	17 May 2017
Cost	$199	$79
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	30 Watt