Steam Deck GPU vs GeForce GT 430

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking970not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.05no data
Power efficiency2.17no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF108Van Gogh
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 October 2010 (14 years ago)25 February 2022 (2 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 cores96512
CUDA cores per GPU96no data
Core clock speed700 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1600 MHz
Number of transistors585 million2,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate11.2051.20
Floating-point processing power0.2688 TFLOPS1.638 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs1632
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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 mm298 mm
Height2.713" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 - 28.8 GB/s88 GB/s

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 DVI1x USB Type-C
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 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 October 2010 25 February 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 15 Watt

Steam Deck GPU has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 226.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 430 and Steam Deck GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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