GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GT 1030 for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce GTX 980 is a clear winner – it's at least 2x faster gaming GPU than the GeForce GT 1030 and it's also a much better value for money, as it's only $46.40 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce GTX 980

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
A much better value for money for gaming
Up to 100% more VRAM memory – 4 vs 2 GB

Advantages of the GeForce GT 1030

Up to 41% cheaper – $65.76 vs $112.16
Consumes up to 82% less energy – 30 vs 165 Watts

GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GT 1030 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce GTX 980

Sep 19th, 2014

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, €

€112.16

58%

Value, €/FPS

€1.6/FPS

89%

Epic IT Service Geforce GTX 980, 4GB GDDR5, 256 bit, Virtual Reality (VR) Ready, 3 x DisplayPort 1.2, 1 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x DL-DVI, Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11 (Bulk OEM)

Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 SLI DVI/HDMI/DP Gaming Graphics Card Advanced GPU

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB K|NGP|N ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent w/Multi-Color LED Cooler, Customized Overclocking Graphics Card 04G-P4-5988-KR

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

Average FPS

66%

Min 1% FPS

54%

Price, €

€65.76

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.42/FPS

100%

GIGABYTE GV-N1030D4-2GL GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G Computer Graphics Card

Buy on Amazon

€65.76

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

maxsun GEFORCE GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 64-Bit Video Graphics Card GPU PCIe 3.0 DirectX 12 ITX HDCP DVI HDMI SFF Low Profile Ready Fast Performance Than 2GD4

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€71.16

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

Generic GeForce GTX 740 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Card 4 GB GDDR5 Outperforms GT 730 by 2.4X and 0.8X GT 1030 CUDA 384 Base 993 MHz Memory 1150 MHz HDMI/VGA/DVI Needs NO Power Cable

ZOTAC GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 64-bit PCIe 3.0 DirectX 12 HDCP Ready Low Profile Video Card ZT-P10300A-10L

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€106.54

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

ZER-LON GeForce GT 1030 4G Low Profile Graphics Card, GDDR4 64Bit, HDMI/DVI Ports Support DirectX 12 Computer Gaming Video Card, Desktop GPU, Support 4K

Buy on Amazon

€81.06

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

ASUS GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 HDMI DVI Graphics Card (GT1030-2G-CSM)

GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GT 1030 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it

GeForce GTX 980

Sep 19th, 2014

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GT 1030 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce GTX 980

Sep 19th, 2014

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4362

100%

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

1087

25%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GT 1030 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce GTX 980

Sep 19th, 2014

Memory

4 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

224.4 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

4.981 TFLOPS

100%

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

Memory

2 GB

50%

Memory Bandwidth

48.06 GB/s

21%

Pixel Fillrate

23.49 GPixel/s

30%

Texture Fillrate

35.23 GTexel/s

23%

FP32

1.127 TFLOPS

23%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce GTX 980	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce GT 1030
General
Sep 19th, 2014	Release Date	May 17th, 2017
$549.00	MSRP	$79.00
GeForce 900	Generation	GeForce 10
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
165 W	Power Consumption	30 W
Memory
4 GB	Memory Size	2 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR5
256-bit	Memory Bus	64-bit
224.4 GB/s	Bandwidth	48.06 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
77.82 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	23.49 GPixel/s
155.6 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	35.23 GTexel/s
4.981 TFLOPS	FP32	1.127 TFLOPS