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    GeForce GT 430 vs GeForce GTX 460 SE

    GeForce GT 430
    Memory: 512Mb DDR3DESKTOP
    Release date: 11 Oct 2010
    GeForce GT 430
    GeForce GTX 460 SE
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 15 Nov 2010
    GeForce GTX 460 SE
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    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GT 430
      100%
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      304%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GT 430

    101 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 460 SE .
    Supports PhysX
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460 SE

    Around 204% higher average synthetic performance.
    Supports PhysX
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 460 SE

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 460 SE

    The GeForce GTX 460 SE is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GT 430GeForce GTX 460 SE
    GPU NameGF108 (GF108-300-A1)vsGF104 (GF104-225-A1)
    Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
    Die Size116 mm²vs332 mm²
    Transistors585 millionvs1,950 million
    Shaders96vs288
    Compute Units2vs6
    Core clock700 MHzvs650 MHz
    ROPs4vs32
    TMUs16vs48

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GT 430GeForce GTX 460 SE
    Memory TypeDDR3vsGDDR5
    Bus Width64 bitvs256 bit
    Memory Speed800 MHz
    1600 MHz effective    		vs850 MHz
    3400 MHz effective
    Memory Size512 Mbvs1024 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GT 430GeForce GTX 460 SE
    TDP49 wattsvs150 watts
    Release Date11 Oct 2010vs15 Nov 2010

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GT 430
      2.80 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      7.80 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GT 430
      11.20 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      31.20 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GT 430
      12.80 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      109.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GT 430
      268.80 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      748.80 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GT 430
      1010
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      3080

    Points (higher is better)

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