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GeForce GTX 1630

3.3 · 120 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
4 GB
CUDA
512
FP32
1.828 TF
Bandwidth
96 GB/s
TDP
75W
Boost
1785 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 compute1.828 TFLOPS2%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s5%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity4 GB13%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units5122%
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 Spy4,320pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)2,160pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)624spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute28,800pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming12
Ray tracing12
AI / Compute12
Creator / 3D12
Power efficiency8
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 10 fps
1080p
14
1440p
10
4K
7
Call of Duty: MW IIIavg 15 fps
1080p
20
1440p
15
4K
9
Alan Wake 2avg 9 fps
1080p
12
1440p
9
4K
5
Forza Horizon 5avg 15 fps
1080p
21
1440p
15
4K
9
Baldur's Gate 3avg 12 fps
1080p
17
1440p
12
4K
8
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Buyers say it works fine for basic office tasks and light gaming, but they're let down by its weak performance for modern games and the high price for what you get.

Pros
  • Plays older games at 1080p fine
  • Needs no extra power cables
  • Fits into almost any PC case
  • Stays cool with a basic fan
Cons
  • Too slow for modern gaming
  • Memory size is very limiting
  • No raytracing performance to speak of

Supported technologies

NVENCAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
Turing
Process node
12 nm
Transistors
4.7 B
SM Count
4
Release date
2022
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
512
TMUs
32
ROPs
16
L2 cache
1024 MB
Memory
Size
4 GB
Type
GDDR6
Bus width
64-bit
Bandwidth
96 GB/s
Memory clock
1500 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1740 MHz
Boost clock
1785 MHz
FP32 (float)
1.828 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
1.828 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
29 GPixel/s
Texture rate
57.12 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
75W
Suggested PSU
150W
Power connectors
None
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
145 mm
Slot width
1-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 (12_1)
Shader Model
6.8
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
CUDA
7.5
Verdict

Our verdict on the GTX 1630

The GTX 1630 is a bare-bones Turing card for basic displays, held back by a narrow memory bus that cripples gaming.

Get it if you need a dirt-cheap card for basic office work or a simple display output from a very old PC. Skip it if you plan to play any modern game, even at low settings.

Buy it if…

  • You need a basic display adapter for a very old office PC.
  • You're building the cheapest possible PC that can run esports titles.
  • You want a low-profile card that draws power only from the PCIe slot.
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