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GeForce GT 1010

2.1 · 65 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
2 GB
CUDA
256
FP32
0.7516 TF
Bandwidth
40.1 GB/s
TDP
30W
Boost
1468 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute0.7516 TFLOPS1%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth40.1 GB/s2%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity2 GB6%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units2561%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency8/10014%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy720pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)360pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)104spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute4,800pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming2
Ray tracing2
AI / Compute2
Creator / 3D2
Power efficiency8
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 2 fps
1080p
2
1440p
2
4K
1
Call of Duty: MW IIIavg 2 fps
1080p
3
1440p
2
4K
2
Alan Wake 2avg 1 fps
1080p
2
1440p
1
4K
1
Forza Horizon 5avg 3 fps
1080p
3
1440p
3
4K
2
Baldur's Gate 3avg 2 fps
1080p
3
1440p
2
4K
1
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners say it's perfect for basic office work and video playback, sipping power and staying dead silent. The usual gripe is it's too weak for any real gaming or creative work.

Pros
  • Plays older games without breaking a sweat
  • Sips power, stays whisper quiet
  • Fits tiny office PCs no problem
  • Drives 4K desktop smoothly
Cons
  • Too weak for modern gaming
  • Only 2GB of video memory
  • No real overclocking headroom

Supported technologies

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Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
Pascal
Process node
14 nm
Transistors
1.8 B
SM Count
2
Release date
2021
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
256
TMUs
16
ROPs
16
L2 cache
256 MB
Memory
Size
2 GB
Type
GDDR5
Bus width
64-bit
Bandwidth
40.1 GB/s
Memory clock
1253 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1228 MHz
Boost clock
1468 MHz
FP32 (float)
0.7516 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
0.7516 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
23 GPixel/s
Texture rate
23.49 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
30W
Suggested PSU
50W
Power connectors
None
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
147 mm
Slot width
1-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 (12_1)
Shader Model
6.4
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
1.2
CUDA
6.1
Verdict

Our verdict on the GT 1010

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1010 is an entry-level Pascal GPU from 2021 that barely handles basic desktop tasks and can't play modern games.

Get it if you absolutely need a cheap display output for a basic office PC and never game. Skip it if you want to do any modern gaming, video editing, or run a second monitor smoothly.

Buy it if…

  • You just need basic display output, no gaming at all.
  • You're building the cheapest possible office PC for web browsing.
  • You have a very old PC and need a tiny, low-power GPU.
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