GeForce GT 430 vs GeForce GT 610 PCI

GeForce GT 430
Memory: 512Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 11 Oct 2010
GeForce GT 430
GeForce GT 610 PCI
Memory: 512Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 2 Apr 2012
GeForce GT 610 PCI
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Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 430
    187%
  • GeForce GT 610 PCI
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 430

Around 87% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 610 PCI

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 610 PCI
GPU NameGF108 (GF108-300-A1)vsGF119 (GF119-300-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size116 mm²vs79 mm²
Transistors585 millionvs292 million
Shaders96vs48
Compute Units2vs1
Core clock700 MHzvs810 MHz
ROPs4vs4
TMUs16vs8

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 430GeForce GT 610 PCI
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
vs667 MHz
1334 MHz effective
Memory Size512 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 430GeForce GT 610 PCI
TDP49 wattsvs29 watts
Release Date11 Oct 2010vs2 Apr 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 430
    2.80 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 610 PCI
    1.62 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 430
    11.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 610 PCI
    6.48 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 430
    12.80 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 610 PCI
    10.70 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 430
    268.80 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 610 PCI
    155.50 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 430
    1010
  • GeForce GT 610 PCI
    540

Points (higher is better)