NVIDIA GeForce GT 430: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce GT 430 sales 11 October 2010 at a recommended price of $79 . This is a Fermi architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 1 GB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate) are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 25.6 - 28.8 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 5.7" (14.5 cm). No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 49 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 1.55% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about GeForce GT 430: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking924
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Value for money0.05
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF108
Market segmentDesktop
Release date11 October 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$79
Current price$59 (0.7x MSRP)of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce GT 430's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GT 430's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
CUDA cores per GPU96
Core clock speed700 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors585 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology40 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)49 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Maximum GPU temperature98 °C
Texture fill rate11.2 billion/secof 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance268.8 gflopsof 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GT 430 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16
Length5.7" (14.5 cm)
Height2.713" (6.9 cm)
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GT 430: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GBof 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width128 Bitof 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth25.6 - 28.8 GB/sof 3276 (Aldebaran)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GT 430. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsHDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI
HDMI+
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIInternal

API support

APIs supported by GeForce GT 430, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.1
OpenGL4.2of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCL1.1
VulkanN/A
CUDA+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GT 430. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 430 1.55

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GT 430 601

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 430 720

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GT 430 2259

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GT 430 3

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GT 430 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1
Battlefield 5 1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
Far Cry 5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
Hitman 3 2−3
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1
Battlefield 5 1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
Far Cry 5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
Hitman 3 2−3
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
Metro Exodus 2−3
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1
Battlefield 5 1−2
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
Far Cry 5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
Hitman 3 4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
Far Cry 5 2−3
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
Hitman 3 2−3
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6

Relative perfomance

GeForce GT 430's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GT 430 is Radeon R7 A360, which is faster by 1% and higher by 8 positions in our ranking.

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