GeForce GT 1030 vs Geforce GTX 1080 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1480 MHz, and 11264 MB of GDDR5X memory set to run at 1376 MHz through a 352-bit bus. It also is comprised of 3584 SPUs, 224 TAUs, and 88 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 220 Watts (733%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		495616 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 446464 (908%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti will be a lot (more or less 719%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		331520 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 291040 (719%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		130240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 110000 (543%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.