GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs Quadro M2000M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	487	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	11.16	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GM107	GP108
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	3 December 2015 (9 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	640	384
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	1152 MHz
Boost clock speed	1098 MHz	1379 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	43.92	33.10
Floating-point processing power	1.405 TFLOPS	1.059 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	40	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	large	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x4
Length	no data	145 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	DDR4
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 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	-	+
Display Port	1.2	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	+	-
3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
CUDA	5.0	6.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 December 2015	12 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	20 Watt

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