GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GT 430

GeForce GTX 460
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Jul 2010
GeForce GTX 460
GeForce GT 430
Memory: 512Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 11 Oct 2010
GeForce GT 430

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 460
    349%
  • GeForce GT 430
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460

Around 249% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 460

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 460

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


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 430
GPU NameGF104 (GF104-300-KB-A1)vsGF108 (GF108-300-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs116 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs585 million
Shaders336vs96
Compute Units7vs2
Core clock675 MHzvs700 MHz
ROPs32vs4
TMUs56vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 430
Memory TypeGDDR5vsDDR3
Bus Width256 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
3600 MHz effective
vs800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 430
TDP160 wattsvs49 watts
Release Date12 Jul 2010vs11 Oct 2010

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460
    9.45 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 430
    2.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460
    37.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 430
    11.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 460
    115.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 430
    12.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 460
    907.20 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 430
    268.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 460
    3530
  • GeForce GT 430
    1010

Points (higher is better)