GeForce GT 430 vs Quadro K600

Place in performance ranking	861	925
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.14	0.05
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GK107	GF108
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	1 March 2013 (11 years old)	11 October 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$79
Current price	$220 (1.1x MSRP)	$59 (0.7x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K600 has 180% better value for money than GT 430.

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	192	96
CUDA cores per GPU	no data	96
Core clock speed	876 MHz	700 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	41 Watt	49 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	98 °C
Texture fill rate	14.02	11.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	336.4 gflops	268.8 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	no data	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	160 mm	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Height	no data	2.713" (6.9 cm)
Width	1-slot	2-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	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB/s	25.6 - 28.8 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	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI
HDMI	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	3.0	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

Quadro K600 1.92
+23.9%

GT 430 1.55

Quadro K600 outperforms GeForce GT 430 by 24% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro K600 743
+23.6%

GT 430 601

Quadro K600 outperforms GeForce GT 430 by 24% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Quadro K600 1842

GT 430 2257
+22.5%

GeForce GT 430 outperforms Quadro K600 by 23% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro K600 5
+66.7%

GT 430 3

Quadro K600 outperforms GeForce GT 430 by 67% in Octane Render OctaneBench.