NVIDIA started GeForce GT 430 sales 11 October 2010 at a recommended price of $79 . This is a Fermi architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 1 GB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate) are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 25.6 - 28.8 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 145 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 49 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce GT 430: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	970
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05
Power efficiency	2.17	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF108
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	11 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

GeForce GT 430's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GT 430's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
CUDA cores per GPU	96
Core clock speed	700 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Number of transistors	585 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Texture fill rate	11.20	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	0.2688 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	4	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	16	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GT 430 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)
Width	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GT 430: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	25.6 - 28.8 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GT 430. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI
HDMI	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	Internal

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce GT 430, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.2	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GT 430. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 430 1.55

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 430 599

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GT 430 720

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GT 430 2240

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

GT 430 3

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GT 430 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Far Cry 5	2−3
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5
Forza Horizon 4	4−5
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Far Cry 5	2−3
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5
Forza Horizon 4	4−5
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Far Cry 5	2−3
Forza Horizon 4	4−5
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2
Far Cry 5	2−3
Hitman 3	7−8
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

Closest competitors

GeForce GT 430's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.

GeForce GT 720 103.23

Radeon HD 7570 101.94

HD Graphics P4600 101.29

GeForce GT 430 100

GeForce GTS 250 99.35

GeForce 8800 GTX 98.71

Radeon R5 A240 96.13

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GT 430 is Radeon HD 7570, which is faster by 2% and higher by 6 positions in our ranking.