GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition vs GeForce GT 430
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 430 |
| 76 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition | | GeForce GT 430 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92 (G92-270-A2) | vs | GF108 (GF108-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 324 mm² | vs | 116 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 585 million |
| Shaders | 112 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 7 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 600 MHz | vs | 700 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition | | GeForce GT 430 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition | | GeForce GT 430 | |
|---|
| TDP | 125 watts | vs | 49 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Feb 2008 | vs | 11 Oct 2010 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better