GeForce GT 430 PCI vs FirePro A300
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Trinity GL | GF108 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 6 June 2012 (13 years ago) | 11 October 2010 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 760 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 905 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 585 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 49 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 21.72 | 11.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.695 TFLOPS | 0.2688 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| TMUs | 24 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 145 mm |
| Width | IGP | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 9.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 June 2012 | 11 October 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 49 Watt |
FirePro A300 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.
GT 430 PCI, on the other hand, has 32.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro A300 and GeForce GT 430 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro A300 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 430 PCI is a desktop one.
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