Quadro FX 380 vs GeForce GT 430

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	923	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.05	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GF108	G96
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	11 October 2010 (13 years ago)	30 March 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$129
Current price	$59 (0.7x MSRP)	$38 (0.3x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	16
CUDA cores per GPU	96	no data
Core clock speed	700 MHz	450 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	34 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	11.2 billion/sec	3.600
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops	35.2 gflops

Size and 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 2.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	198 mm
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)	1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 - 28.8 GB/s	22.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI	2x DVI
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	11 October 2010	30 March 2009
Cost	$79	$129
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	34 Watt

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