GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs Quadro K4000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking552not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.58no data
Power efficiency6.05no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGK106GP108
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 March 2013 (11 years ago)12 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,269 $79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores768384
Core clock speed810 MHz1152 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1379 MHz
Number of transistors2,540 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate51.8433.10
Floating-point processing power1.244 TFLOPS1.059 TFLOPS
ROPs2416
TMUs6424

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 x4
Length241 mm145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-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 typeGDDR5DDR4
Maximum RAM amount3 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1404 MHz1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth134.8 GB/s16.8 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA3.06.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2013 12 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 20 Watt

Quadro K4000 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 1030 DDR4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K4000 and GeForce GT 1030 DDR4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K4000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro K4000
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