GeForce GT 430 vs Radeon R7 250 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 430 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 250 OEM |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R7 250 OEM
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 430 | | Radeon R7 250 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF108 (GF108-300-A1) | vs | Oland (Oland XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 116 mm² | vs | 90 mm² |
| Transistors | 585 million | vs | 1,040 million |
| Shaders | 96 | vs | 384 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 6 |
| Core clock | 700 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 430 | | Radeon R7 250 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 1150 MHz
4600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 430 | | Radeon R7 250 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 49 watts | vs | 65 watts |
| Release Date | 11 Oct 2010 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GT 430
2.80 GP/s
Radeon R7 250 OEM
8.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 430
11.20 GT/s
Radeon R7 250 OEM
24.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 430
12.80 GB/s
Radeon R7 250 OEM
73.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 430
268.80 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 250 OEM
768.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better