ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP vs GeForce GT 430
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1012 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.05 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.24 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | GF108 | RS880 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 11 October 2010 (14 years ago) | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $79 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 96 | 40 |
| CUDA cores per GPU | 96 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 498 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 585 million | 181 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 49 Watt | no data |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 98 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 11.20 | 1.992 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2688 TFLOPS | 0.03984 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 16 | 4 |
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).
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 145 mm | no data |
| Height | 2.713" (6.9 cm) | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate) | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 - 28.8 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 | HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 October 2010 | 10 September 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 55 nm |
GT 430 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 430 and Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GT 430 is a desktop graphics card while Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP is a notebook one.
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