GeForce GT 430 vs GTX 850M

Place in the ranking	568	972
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.05
Power efficiency	10.63	2.32
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GM107	GF108
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	12 March 2014 (10 years ago)	11 October 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	640	96
CUDA cores	640	no data
CUDA cores per GPU	no data	96
Core clock speed	Up to 936 MHz	700 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	49 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	98 °C
Texture fill rate	36.08	11.20
Floating-point processing power	1.155 TFLOPS	0.2688 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	40	16

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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	145 mm
Height	no data	2.713" (6.9 cm)
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
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 type	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Standard memory configuration	DDR3 or GDDR5	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2500 MHz	800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB/s	25.6 - 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 Connectors	No outputs	HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200	no data
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP content protection	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	+	-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	-
Optimus	+	-
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 850M 6.52
+321%

GT 430 1.55

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 850M 2516
+320%

GT 430 599

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 850M 3086
+329%

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 850M 9671
+332%

GT 430 2240

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 850M 25
+733%

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:

900p	84 +367%	18−20 −367%
Full HD	33 +371%	7−8 −371%
4K	10 +400%	2−3 −400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

10−11
+150%

4−5

−150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 +183%	6−7 −183%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Battlefield 5	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +600%	2−3 −600%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +975%	4−5 −975%
Hitman 3	12−14 +117%	6−7 −117%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +160%	14−16 −160%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +144%	9−10 −144%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +52.9%	30−35 −52.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 +183%	6−7 −183%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Battlefield 5	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +600%	2−3 −600%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +975%	4−5 −975%
Hitman 3	12−14 +117%	6−7 −117%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +160%	14−16 −160%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +144%	9−10 −144%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	58 +427%	10−12 −427%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +52.9%	30−35 −52.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 +183%	6−7 −183%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +600%	2−3 −600%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +975%	4−5 −975%
Hitman 3	12−14 +117%	6−7 −117%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +160%	14−16 −160%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +144%	9−10 −144%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	11 +0%	10−12 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +52.9%	30−35 −52.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20
+500%

3−4

−500%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +425%	4−5 −425%
Hitman 3	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +413%	8−9 −413%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12
+175%

4−5

−175%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Hitman 3	3−4	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Metro Exodus	4−5	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+133%

3−4

−133%

This is how GTX 850M and GT 430 compete in popular games:

GTX 850M is 367% faster in 900p
GTX 850M is 371% faster in 1080p
GTX 850M is 400% faster in 4K

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 850M is 975% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 850M is ahead in 48 tests (98%)
there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.52	1.55
Recency	12 March 2014	11 October 2010
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	49 Watt

GTX 850M has a 320.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 8.9% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 850M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 430 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 850M is a notebook card while GeForce GT 430 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.