NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 vs NVIDIA GeForce 210

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 and NVIDIA GeForce 210 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 430

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 2.7x more texture fill rate: 11.2 billion / sec vs 4.16 GTexel / s
  • 6x more pipelines: 96 vs 16
  • 6.8x better floating-point performance: 268.8 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate) vs 500 MHz
  • 4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 603 vs 126
  • 6.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 205 vs 30
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1713 vs 497
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1624 vs 688
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1713 vs 497
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1624 vs 688
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 October 2010 vs 12 October 2009
Texture fill rate 11.2 billion / sec vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 16
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate) vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 603 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark 205 vs 30
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1713 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1624 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1713 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1624 vs 688

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

  • Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 30.5 Watt vs 49 Watt
  • Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2438 vs 2223
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1402 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30.5 Watt vs 49 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2438 vs 2223

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 210

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
603
126
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
205
30
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2223
2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1713
497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1624
688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1713
497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1624
688
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 NVIDIA GeForce 210
PassMark - G3D Mark 603 126
PassMark - G2D Mark 205 30
Geekbench - OpenCL 2223 2438
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 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1624 688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1713 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1624 688
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 NVIDIA GeForce 210

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla 2.0
Code name GF108 GT218
Launch date 11 October 2010 12 October 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $79 $29.49
Place in performance rating 1505 1674
Price now $35.99 $32.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 20.89 6.81

Technical info

Core clock speed 1400 MHz 1402 MHz
CUDA cores per GPU 96
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C 105 °C
Pipelines 96 16
Texture fill rate 11.2 billion / sec 4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt 30.5 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 260 million
CUDA cores 16

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16 PCI-E 2.0
Height 2.713" (6.9 cm) 2.731" (6.9 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 6.60" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.2 3.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 - 28.8 GB / s 8.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate) 500 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR2

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA