GeForce GT 430 vs GeForce GT 620

GeForce GT 430
Memory: 512Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 11 Oct 2010
GeForce GT 430
GeForce GT 620
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 15 May 2012
GeForce GT 620

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 430
    138%
  • GeForce GT 620
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 430

Around 38% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 620

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GT 430

HWBench recommends GeForce GT 430

The GeForce GT 430 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 430GeForce GT 620
GPU NameGF108 (GF108-300-A1)vsGF108 (GF108-100-KB-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size116 mm²vs116 mm²
Transistors585 millionvs585 million
Shaders96vs96
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock700 MHzvs700 MHz
ROPs4vs4
TMUs16vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 430GeForce GT 620
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size512 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 430GeForce GT 620
TDP49 wattsvs49 watts
Release Date11 Oct 2010vs15 May 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 430
    2.80 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 620
    2.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 430
    11.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 620
    11.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 430
    12.80 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 620
    14.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 430
    268.80 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 620
    268.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 430
    1010
  • GeForce GT 620
    730

Points (higher is better)