NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 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 Quadro NVS 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 430

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 550 MHz
6x more pipelines: 96 vs 2x 8
6x better floating-point performance: 268.8 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 600 vs 121
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 199 vs 120
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1624 vs 658
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1624 vs 658

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 October 2010 vs 20 January 2009
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 2x 8
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	600 vs 121
PassMark - G2D Mark	199 vs 120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1624 vs 658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1624 vs 658

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

2.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 11.2 billion / sec
Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 49 Watt
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)

Texture fill rate	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 11.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 49 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

600

121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

199

120

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1624

658

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1624

658

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 430	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	600	121
PassMark - G2D Mark	199	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	2240
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	658
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1624	658
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 430	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF108	G98
Launch date	11 October 2010	20 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$131.43
Place in performance rating	1500	1501
Price now	$35.99	$80.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	20.89	1.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores per GPU	96
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops	2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	96	2x 8
Texture fill rate	11.2 billion / sec	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	40 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	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 - 28.8 GB / s	2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA