NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 vs ATI Radeon 9000 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 and ATI Radeon 9000 LE 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

ATI Radeon 9000 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 430

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
5.6x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 250 MHz
11.2x more texture fill rate: 11.2 billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate) vs 400 MHz

Launch date	11 October 2010 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	11.2 billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate) vs 400 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9000 LE

Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 49 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 49 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9000 LE

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 430	ATI Radeon 9000 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	603
PassMark - G2D Mark	205
Geekbench - OpenCL	2223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	87.094
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.243
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	3.764
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1624
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1624
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 430	ATI Radeon 9000 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Rage 7
Code name	GF108	RV250
Launch date	11 October 2010	1 July 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	1505	not rated
Price now	$35.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	20.89
Technical info
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	250 MHz
CUDA cores per GPU	96
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	11.2 billion / sec	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	8.1
OpenGL	4.2	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 - 28.8 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA