NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030

Compare NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 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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$ 284.17

$ 129.95

$ 154.22 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

5276 points

659% significantly better overall score

695 points

Flux Core frame rate

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

126 FPS

111 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

15 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

61 FPS

51 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

10 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

88 FPS

78 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

10 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

48 FPS

40 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

8 FPS

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3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

8766 points

706% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score

1087 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

2317.27 points

3116% significantly higher Blender score

72.05 points

Geekbench 5 (CUDA) score

CUDA compute benchmark

99213 points

862% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (CUDA) score

10307 points

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

96416 points

799% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

10713 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

74845 points

633% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

10201 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

89510 points

801% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

9924 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

86221 points

815% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

9415 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

1320 MHz

7% slightly higher core clock speed

1228 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1777 MHz

21% slightly higher boost clock speed

1468 MHz

Memory Bus Width

Number of parallel lines to the memory chips

192 Bit

200% significantly larger memory bus width

64 Bit

Memory Bandwidth

Data transfer speed between GPU core and memory

360 GB/s

649% significantly higher memory bandwidth

48.06 GB/s

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

170 W

30 W

466% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

85.3 Gigapixels/s

263% significantly higher pixel rate

23.49 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

199 Gigatexels/s

464% significantly higher texture rate

35.23 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

3584

833% significantly more shading units

384

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

112

366% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

200% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

98th of 586

291st of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January

2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR6

GDDR5

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce GT 1030 benchmarks

For gaming, the GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card is better than the GeForce GT 1030 in our tests.

In our comparison, the GeForce RTX 3060 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 RTX 3060 also has a slightly higher boost clock speed: the maximum frequency the chip can reach if power delivery and thermals allow.

In addition, the GeForce GT 1030 has a significantly lower TDP at 30 W when compared to the GeForce RTX 3060 at 170 W. TDP (Thermal Design Power) measures total heat output from the chip.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the GeForce RTX 3060 over the GeForce GT 1030.

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