NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030

Compare NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030

Price

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$ 369.00

$ 129.95

$ 239.05 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

2262 points

225% significantly better overall score

695 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

47 FPS

32 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

15 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

35 FPS

25 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

10 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

31 FPS

21 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

10 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

28 FPS

20 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

8 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

3647 points

235% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score

1087 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

289.94 points

302% significantly higher Blender score

72.05 points

Geekbench 5 (CUDA) score

CUDA compute benchmark

25908 points

151% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (CUDA) score

10307 points

Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

13595 points

193% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

4637 points

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

29153 points

172% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

10713 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

34107 points

234% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

10201 points

Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

13595 points

193% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

4637 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

29277 points

195% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

9924 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

32348 points

243% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

9415 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

1050 MHz

1228 MHz

16% slightly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1178 MHz

1468 MHz

24% slightly higher boost clock speed

Memory Bus Width

Number of parallel lines to the memory chips

256 Bit

300% significantly larger memory bus width

64 Bit

Memory Bandwidth

Data transfer speed between GPU core and memory

224.4 GB/s

366% significantly higher memory bandwidth

48.06 GB/s

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

145 W

30 W

383% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

65.97 Gigapixels/s

180% significantly higher pixel rate

23.49 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

122.5 Gigatexels/s

247% significantly higher texture rate

35.23 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

1664

333% significantly more shading units

384

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

104

333% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

250% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

193rd of 586

291st of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 September

2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR5

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.5

4.6

GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GT 1030 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the GeForce GTX 970 beats the GeForce GT 1030 in gaming performance.

In our comparison, the GeForce GT 1030 has a slightly higher core clock speed. This is the frequency at which the graphics core is running at. While not necessarily an indicator of overall performance, this metric can be useful when comparing two GPUs based on the same architecture. In addition, the GeForce GT 1030 also has a slightly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the GeForce GT 1030 has a significantly lower TDP at 30 W when compared to the GeForce GTX 970 at 145 W. Heat output doesn't match power consumption directly but, it's a good estimate.

In terms of raw gaming performance in our GPU benchmark, the GeForce GTX 970 is better than the GeForce GT 1030.