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MagyarNVIDIA quietly introduces the GeForce GT 1010 — A Pascal GP108 GPU with 256 CUDA cores, 2 GB GDDR5 VRAM, and 30 W TDP ↺
Update (01/18): TechPowerUp has updated their specifications to indicate the TDP as 30 W, which is about the same as the GT 1030. The same has been updated in the headline, abstract, and the article. Readers may kindly note.
NVIDIA is apparently not fully done and dusted with the Pascal architecture yet. The company seems to have clandestinely launched a GT 1010 GPU a couple of days ago, and no one even knew about it. Search results for the GT 1010 GPU throw up few relevant results at this point. However, the GT 1010 is indicated on NVIDIA's official driver download page. So, what really is the GT 1010 and when can you get it?
The first report that a GT 1010 card actually exists came from user Dapz's YouTube video, who happened to have spotted the card's name on the NVIDIA driver download page. Dapz contacted NVIDIA customer support via live chat to which he received a response in the affirmative that such a card indeed exists. However, the rep said that the card was just announced not released. The rep neither confirmed any specifications nor could give a release date.
TechPowerUp, however, has managed to put up the specifications of the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1010. According to the site, the GT 1010 is based on a GP108 GPU fabbed on the 14 nm process. The GP108 has a die area of 74 mm2 and is comprised of 1,800 million transistors. Essentially, the GT 1010 is the same GPU as the GT 1030 with some CUDA cores disabled. While the the GT 1030 offered 384 CUDA cores, the GT 1010 will offer only 256 (i.e. two streaming multiprocessors).
The GT 1010 supports 2 GB of GDDR5 VRAM on a 64-bit memory interface. The base clock of the GPU is 1,228 MHz and can boost up to 1,468 MHz. Additionally, the card features 16 texture mapping units (TMUs), 16 raster operation pipelines (ROPs), and a TDP of 30 W, which means it can run on just PCIe power without the need for power connectors.
It is not yet clear whether the GT 1010 will be available for OEM systems alone or for the general public as well. While such a cut-down Pascal GPU may seem odd in 2021, NVIDIA clearly thinks otherwise and sees a potential market for it. Who knows, we may even seen a GT 1020 as well to complete the series.
