Radeon RX Vega 2 vs GeForce GT 430

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking966not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.05no data
Power efficiency2.20no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGF108Vega Raven Ridge
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date11 October 2010 (14 years ago)7 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores96128
CUDA cores per GPU96no data
Core clock speed700 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1100 MHz
Number of transistors585 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate11.20no data
Floating-point processing power0.2688 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs16no data

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 supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length145 mmno data
Height2.713" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)no data
Memory bandwidth25.6 - 28.8 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

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 ConnectorsHDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVIno data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.2no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 October 2010 7 January 2018
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 15 Watt

RX Vega 2 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 226.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 430 and Radeon RX Vega 2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 430 is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 2 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
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