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GeForce GT 1030 vs Geforce GTX 690

Intro

The GeForce GT 1030 features core clock speeds of 1265 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 384 SPUs as well as 32 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 690, which features core speeds of 915 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1536 SPUs along with 128 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030 30 Watts
Geforce GTX 690 300 Watts
Difference: 270 Watts (900%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Geforce GTX 690 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690 384512 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030 49152 MB/sec
Difference: 335360 (682%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 is much (approximately 479%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690 234240 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030 40480 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 193760 (479%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 will be quite a bit (more or less 189%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 1030, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690 58560 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030 20240 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 38320 (189%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 1030 Geforce GTX 690
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2017 April 2012
Code Name GP108-300 GK104
Memory 2048 MB 2048 MB (x2)
Core Speed 1265 MHz 915 MHz (x2)
Memory Speed 6008 MHz 6008 MHz (x2)
Power (Max TDP) 30 watts 300 watts
Bandwidth 49152 MB/sec 384512 MB/sec
Texel Rate 40480 Mtexels/sec 234240 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 20240 Mpixels/sec 58560 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 384 1536 (x2)
Texture Mapping Units 32 128 (x2)
Render Output Units 16 32 (x2)
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 64-bit 256-bit (x2)
Fab Process 16 nm 28 nm
Transistors 3300 million 3540 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.2

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce GT 1030

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