GeForce GT 1030 vs GTX 660 OEM

Place in performance ranking	699	541
Place by popularity	not in top-100	29
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.08	2.56
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GK104	N17P-G1
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	22 August 2012 (11 years ago)	17 May 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$79
Current price	$481	$137 (1.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 1030 has 3100% better value for money than GTX 660 OEM.

Detailed specifications

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	1152	384
Core clock speed	823 MHz	1228 MHz
Boost clock speed	888 MHz	1670 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	85.25	35.23
Floating-point performance	2,046 gflops	1,127 gflops

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x4
Length	241 mm	145 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	48.06 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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	no data	+

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 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	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	3.0	6.1

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	12−14 −108%	25 +108%
1440p	10−12 −110%	21 +110%
4K	4−5 −125%	9 +125%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.35	6.38
Recency	22 August 2012	17 May 2017
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	30 Watt