GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GT 1030 for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce GTX 1080 is at least 2x faster gaming GPU than the GeForce GT 1030, however, it's a slightly worse value for money, as it's $518.02 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce GTX 1080

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Up to 300% more VRAM memory – 8 vs 2 GB

Advantages of the GeForce GT 1030

Up to 87% cheaper – $79.98 vs $598.00
A slightly better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 83% less energy – 30 vs 180 Watts

GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GT 1030 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce GTX 1080

May 27th, 2016

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$598

13%

Value, $/FPS

$6.5/FPS

27%

MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G)

MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, 8GB GDDR5X, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) Graphics Card 08G-P4-6180-KR

MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 DUKE 8G OC)

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

Average FPS

50%

Min 1% FPS

38%

Price, $

$79.98

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.73/FPS

100%

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

Buy on Amazon

$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

Buy on Amazon

$78.98

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

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

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

$89.99

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

Buy on Amazon

$110.85

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

GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GT 1030 in My Games

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

GeForce GTX 1080

May 27th, 2016

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GT 1030 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce GTX 1080

May 27th, 2016

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

7564

100%

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

1087

14%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GT 1030 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce GTX 1080

May 27th, 2016

Memory

8 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

320.3 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

110.9 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

277.3 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

8.873 TFLOPS

100%

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

Memory

2 GB

25%

Memory Bandwidth

48.06 GB/s

15%

Pixel Fillrate

23.49 GPixel/s

21%

Texture Fillrate

35.23 GTexel/s

13%

FP32

1.127 TFLOPS

13%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce GTX 1080	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce GT 1030
General
May 27th, 2016	Release Date	May 17th, 2017
$599.00	MSRP	$79.00
GeForce 10	Generation	GeForce 10
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
180 W	Power Consumption	30 W
Memory
8 GB	Memory Size	2 GB
GDDR5X	Memory Type	GDDR5
256-bit	Memory Bus	64-bit
320.3 GB/s	Bandwidth	48.06 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
110.9 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	23.49 GPixel/s
277.3 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	35.23 GTexel/s
8.873 TFLOPS	FP32	1.127 TFLOPS