NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G 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

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 430

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 400 MHz
3.5x more texture fill rate: 11.2 billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 96 vs 8
21x better floating-point performance: 268.8 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate) vs 800 MHz
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 601 vs 105
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 200 vs 124
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1624 vs 542
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1624 vs 542

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 October 2010 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	11.2 billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 8
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate) vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	601 vs 105
PassMark - G2D Mark	200 vs 124
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1624 vs 542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1624 vs 542

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

4.9x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 49 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 49 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

601

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

200

124

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1624

542

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1624

542

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 430	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
PassMark - G3D Mark	601	105
PassMark - G2D Mark	200	124
Geekbench - OpenCL	2226
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	542
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1624	542
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 430	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF108	G86
Launch date	11 October 2010	9 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	1499	1501
Price now	$35.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	20.89
Technical info
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	400 MHz
CUDA cores per GPU	96
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops	12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	96	8
Texture fill rate	11.2 billion / sec	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI	No outputs
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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 - 28.8 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0