GeForce GT 430 vs GTX 470

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 470 and GeForce GT 430, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 470
2010
1280 MB GDDR5, 215 Watt
7.52
+419%

GTX 470 outperforms GT 430 by a whopping 419% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking533988
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.270.05
Power efficiency2.562.17
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF100GF108
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date26 March 2010 (15 years ago)11 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 $79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

GTX 470 has 2440% better value for money than GT 430.

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 cores44896
CUDA cores per GPUno data96
Core clock speed607 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Watt49 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °C98 °C
Texture fill rate34.0511.20
Floating-point processing power1.089 TFLOPS0.2688 TFLOPS
ROPs404
TMUs5616

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 support16x PCI-E 2.0PCI-E 2.0 x 16
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length241 mm145 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)2.713" (6.9 cm)
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1280 MB1 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1674 MHz (3348 data rate)800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)
Memory bandwidth133.9 GB/s25.6 - 28.8 GB/s
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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIMini HDMIHDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x15362048x1536
Audio input for HDMIInternalInternal

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.24.2
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX 470 7.52
+419%
GT 430 1.45

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GTX 470 3124
+418%
GT 430 603

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.

GTX 470 2758
+283%
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.

GTX 470 11089
+398%
GT 430 2228

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.

GTX 470 44
+1367%
GT 430 3

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p52
+420%
10−12
−420%
Full HD65
+442%
12−14
−442%
1200p53
+430%
10−12
−430%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.37
+22.6%
6.58
−22.6%
  • GTX 470 has 23% lower cost per frame in 1080p

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+443%
7−8
−443%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+1550%
2−3
−1550%
Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+443%
7−8
−443%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+1100%
2−3
−1100%
Fortnite 45−50
+820%
5−6
−820%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+325%
8−9
−325%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+450%
4−5
−450%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
+170%
10−11
−170%
Valorant 75−80
+126%
35−40
−126%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+1550%
2−3
−1550%
Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+443%
7−8
−443%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 120−130
+278%
30−35
−278%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Dota 2 55−60
+222%
18−20
−222%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+1100%
2−3
−1100%
Fortnite 45−50
+820%
5−6
−820%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+325%
8−9
−325%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+450%
4−5
−450%
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30
+1300%
2−3
−1300%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
+170%
10−11
−170%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
+186%
7−8
−186%
Valorant 75−80
+126%
35−40
−126%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+1550%
2−3
−1550%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Dota 2 64
+256%
18−20
−256%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+1100%
2−3
−1100%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+325%
8−9
−325%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
+170%
10−11
−170%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
+186%
7−8
−186%
Valorant 75−80
+126%
35−40
−126%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 45−50
+820%
5−6
−820%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 55−60
+544%
9−10
−544%
Grand Theft Auto V 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
+180%
14−16
−180%
Valorant 85−90
+975%
8−9
−975%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Hogwarts Legacy 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
+26.7%
14−16
−26.7%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4 0−1
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Valorant 35−40
+457%
7−8
−457%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Dota 2 27−30
+1300%
2−3
−1300%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%

This is how GTX 470 and GT 430 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 470 is 420% faster in 900p
  • GTX 470 is 442% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 470 is 430% faster in 1200p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 470 is 1550% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 470 surpassed GT 430 in all 49 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.52 1.45
Recency 26 March 2010 11 October 2010
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 49 Watt

GTX 470 has a 418.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 430, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, and 338.8% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 470 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 430 in performance tests.

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