In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GT 2030 are marginally better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 Golden Sample Edition.

The GeForce GT 2030 has a 602 MHz higher core clock speed but 24 fewer Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 470. The lower TMU count doesn't matter, though, as altogether the GeForce GT 2030 manages to provide 3.7 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.

The GeForce GT 2030 has a 602 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 470, but the GTX 470 has 24 more Render Output Units than the GeForce GT 2030. As a result, the GTX 470 exhibits a 6 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the GeForce GT 2030. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.

The GTX 470 was released over three years more recently than the GeForce GT 2030, and so the GTX 470 is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the GeForce GT 2030 when running the latest games.

The GeForce GT 2030 has 768 MB more video memory than the GTX 470, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. However, the overall memory performance is about the same.

The GTX 470 has 104 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GeForce GT 2030, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 470 is massively better than the GeForce GT 2030.

The GeForce GT 2030 has 384 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 470 Golden Sample Edition has 448. However, the actual shader performance of the GeForce GT 2030 is 578 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 470 is 582. The GTX 470 having 4 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 470 delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GeForce GT 2030.

The GeForce GT 2030 transistor size technology is 28 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GTX 470. This means that the GeForce GT 2030 is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GTX 470. While they exhibit similar graphical performance, the GeForce GT 2030 should consume less power than the GTX 470.

The GeForce GT 2030 requires 30 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 470 Golden Sample Edition requires 215 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 300 Watts for the GeForce GT 2030 and a PSU with at least 550 Watts for the GTX 470. The GTX 470 requires 185 Watts more than the GeForce GT 2030 to run. The difference is significant enough that the GTX 470 may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the GeForce GT 2030.