NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 63% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 430 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
Around 76% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 86 Watt
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Launch date	11 October 2010 vs 22 June 2005
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 86 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark		291
PassMark - G2D Mark		196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1244

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Curie
Code name	GF108	G70
Launch date	11 October 2010	22 June 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	1261
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	86 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	302 million
Texture fill rate		10.32 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm	228 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1200 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3