GeForce GT 820M vs GeForce GT 430

GeForce GT 820M
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3MOBILE
Release date: 27 Nov 2013
GeForce GT 820M
GeForce GT 430
Memory: 512Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 11 Oct 2010
GeForce GT 430

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 820M
    118%
  • GeForce GT 430
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 820M

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 18% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 430

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GT 820M

HWBench recommends GeForce GT 820M

The GeForce GT 820M is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 820MGeForce GT 430
GPU NameGF117 (N15V-GM)vsGF108 (GF108-300-A1)
Fab Process28 nmvs40 nm
Die Size116 mm²vs116 mm²
Transistors585 millionvs585 million
Shaders96vs96
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock775 MHzvs700 MHz
ROPs8vs4
TMUs16vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 820MGeForce GT 430
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 820MGeForce GT 430
TDP15 wattsvs49 watts
Release Date27 Nov 2013vs11 Oct 2010

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 820M
    3.10 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 430
    2.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 820M
    12.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 430
    11.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 820M
    14.40 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 430
    12.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 820M
    297.60 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 430
    268.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 820M
    1200
  • GeForce GT 430
    1010

Points (higher is better)