GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X vs GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 6GB VRAM GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X and 2GB VRAM GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X 's Advantages
Released 7 months late
Boost Clock has increased by 24% (1709MHz vs 1379MHz)
More VRAM (6GB vs 2GB)
Larger VRAM bandwidth (192.2GB/s vs 16.80GB/s)
896 additional rendering cores
GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 's Advantages
Lower TDP (20W vs 120W)
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
+313%
4375
GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
1059
3DMark Time Spy
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
+558%
4203
GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
638
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
+983%
1917
GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
177
Blender
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
+370%
452
GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
96
OctaneBench
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
+294%
75
GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
+350%
9
GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
2
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
+385%
34
GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
+325%
51
GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
12
Battlefield 5 2160p
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
+2700%
28
GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
1
Battlefield 5 1440p
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
+205%
52
GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
17
Battlefield 5 1080p
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
+240%
75
GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
22
Graphics Card
Oct 2018
Release Date
Mar 2018
GeForce 10
Generation
GeForce 10
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x4
Clock Speeds
1506 MHz
Base Clock
1152 MHz
1709 MHz
Boost Clock
1379 MHz
1001 MHz
Memory Clock
1050 MHz
Memory
6GB
Memory Size
2GB
GDDR5X
Memory Type
DDR4
192bit
Memory Bus
64bit
192.2GB/s
Bandwidth
16.80GB/s
Render Config
10
SM Count
3
1280
Shading Units
384
80
TMUs
24
48
ROPs
16
48 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SM)
1536 KB
L2 Cache
512 KB
Theoretical Performance
82.03 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
22.06 GPixel/s
136.7 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
33.10 GTexel/s
68.36 GFLOPS
FP16 (half)
16.55 GFLOPS
4.375 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
1059 GFLOPS
136.7 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
33.10 GFLOPS
Board Design
120W
TDP
20W
300 W
Suggested PSU
200 W
1x DVI
1x HDMI 2.0
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Outputs
1x DVI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x 6-pin
Power Connectors
None
Graphics Processor
GP104
GPU Name
GP108
GP104-150-KA-A1
GPU Variant
GP108-310-A1
Pascal
Architecture
Pascal
TSMC
Foundry
Samsung
16 nm
Process Size
14 nm
7.2 billion
Transistors
1.8 billion
314 mm²
Die Size
74 mm²
Graphics Features
12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
3.0
OpenCL
3.0
1.3
Vulkan
1.3
6.1
CUDA
6.1
6.4
Shader Model
6.4
