GeForce GT 220 vs GeForce GT 430

GeForce GT 220
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 26 Jan 2010
GeForce GT 220
GeForce GT 430
Memory: 512Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 11 Oct 2010
GeForce GT 430

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 220

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 220GeForce GT 430
GPU NameG94 ()vsGF108 (GF108-300-A1)
Fab Process65 nmvs40 nm
Die Size240 mm²vs116 mm²
Transistors505 millionvs585 million
Shaders48vs96
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock600 MHzvs700 MHz
ROPs16vs4
TMUs24vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 220GeForce GT 430
Memory TypeGDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width256 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed700 MHz
1400 MHz effective
vs800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 220GeForce GT 430
TDP58 wattsvs49 watts
Release Date26 Jan 2010vs11 Oct 2010

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 220
    9.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 430
    2.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 220
    14.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 430
    11.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 220
    44.80 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 430
    12.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 220
    144.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 430
    268.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better