NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 PCI

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 106 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 106 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

2.2x more core clock speed: 1566 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 1600 MHz

Core clock speed	1566 MHz vs 700 MHz
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
PassMark - G3D Mark		1321
PassMark - G2D Mark		303
Geekbench - OpenCL		5032
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		14.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		302.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		14.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		27.656
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Fermi
Code name	GF108	GF106
Launch date	11 October 2010	13 September 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	1144
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Price now		$64.99
Value for money (0-100)		26.46
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1566 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	106 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	1,170 million
CUDA cores		192
Floating-point performance		601.3 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		100 °C
Pipelines		192
Texture fill rate		25.1 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI