GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 3050 for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce GT 1030 is the comparison's loser – it's at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3050 and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's only $110.01 cheaper!

Advantages of the GeForce GT 1030

Up to 58% cheaper – $79.98 vs $189.99
Consumes up to 77% less energy – 30 vs 130 Watts

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
A much better value for money for gaming
Up to 300% more VRAM memory – 8 vs 2 GB

GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 3050 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

Average FPS

55%

Min 1% FPS

43%

Price, $

$79.98

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.73/FPS

100%

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

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$79.98

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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$78.98

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

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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$113.11

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

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

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

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

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$89.99

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$189.99

42%

Value, $/FPS

$2.28/FPS

76%

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 OC Low Profile 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050OC-6GL Video Card

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$189.99

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD Video Card

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 6GB GDDR6, 1492 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 96-bit, 1x DP (v1.4a), 2X HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G NVIDIA 6 GB GDDR6

GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in My Games

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

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

1087

17%

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

6225

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

Memory

2 GB

25%

Memory Bandwidth

48.06 GB/s

21%

Pixel Fillrate

23.49 GPixel/s

41%

Texture Fillrate

35.23 GTexel/s

25%

FP32

1.127 TFLOPS

12%

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Memory

8 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

224 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

9.098 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce GT 1030	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 3050
General
May 17th, 2017	Release Date	Jan 4th, 2022
$79.00	MSRP	$249.00
GeForce 10	Generation	GeForce 30
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
30 W	Power Consumption	130 W
Memory
2 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR6
64-bit	Memory Bus	128-bit
48.06 GB/s	Bandwidth	224 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
23.49 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	56.86 GPixel/s
35.23 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	142.2 GTexel/s
1.127 TFLOPS	FP32	9.098 TFLOPS