NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS 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 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- 3.1x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 450 MHz
- Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 11.2 billion / sec vs 9 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
- 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 603 vs 254
- 3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 205 vs 68
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 11 October 2010 vs 1 May 2006 |
| Core clock speed | 1400 MHz vs 450 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 11.2 billion / sec vs 9 GTexel / s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 90 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 256 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 603 vs 254 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 205 vs 68 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
- Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)
| Memory clock speed | 1320 MHz vs 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate) |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 603 | 254 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 205 | 68 |
| 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 | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi | Curie |
| Code name | GF108 | G71 |
| Launch date | 11 October 2010 | 1 May 2006 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $79 | $259 |
| Place in performance rating | 1505 | 1507 |
| Price now | $35.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 20.89 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1400 MHz | 450 MHz |
| CUDA cores per GPU | 96 | |
| Floating-point performance | 268.8 gflops | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 98 °C | |
| Pipelines | 96 | |
| Texture fill rate | 11.2 billion / sec | 9 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 49 Watt | 49 Watt |
| Transistor count | 585 million | 278 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
| HDMI | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 | |
| Height | 2.713" (6.9 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 5.7" (14.5 cm) | 198 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 9.0c |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 - 28.8 GB / s | 42.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate) | 1320 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
Technologies |
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