GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GT 1030 for Gaming

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The GeForce GTX 960 is at least 2x faster gaming GPU than the GeForce GT 1030, however, it's a much worse value for money, as it's $182.02 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce GTX 960

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming

Advantages of the GeForce GT 1030

Up to 71% cheaper – $72.98 vs $255.00
A better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 75% less energy – 30 vs 120 Watts

GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GT 1030 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce GTX 960

Jan 22nd, 2015

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$255

28%

Value, $/FPS

$4.63/FPS

34%

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Graphic Card - 1.30 GHz Core - 1.37 GHz Boost Clock - 2 GB GDDR5 SDRAM - PCI Express 3.0 x16 - Dual 02G-P4-2968-KR

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

Average FPS

84%

Min 1% FPS

76%

Price, $

$72.98

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.58/FPS

100%

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

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$72.98

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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$117.37

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

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

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

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$89.99

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GT 1030 in My Games

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

GeForce GTX 960

Jan 22nd, 2015

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GT 1030 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce GTX 960

Jan 22nd, 2015

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

2300

100%

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

1087

47%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GT 1030 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce GTX 960

Jan 22nd, 2015

Memory

2 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

112.2 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

37.7 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

75.39 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

2.413 TFLOPS

100%

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

Memory

2 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

48.06 GB/s

43%

Pixel Fillrate

23.49 GPixel/s

62%

Texture Fillrate

35.23 GTexel/s

47%

FP32

1.127 TFLOPS

47%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce GTX 960	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce GT 1030
General
Jan 22nd, 2015	Release Date	May 17th, 2017
$199.00	MSRP	$79.00
GeForce 900	Generation	GeForce 10
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
120 W	Power Consumption	30 W
Memory
2 GB	Memory Size	2 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR5
128-bit	Memory Bus	64-bit
112.2 GB/s	Bandwidth	48.06 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
37.7 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	23.49 GPixel/s
75.39 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	35.23 GTexel/s
2.413 TFLOPS	FP32	1.127 TFLOPS