GeForce GTX 1660 vs GT 430

Place in performance ranking	972	183
Place by popularity	not in top-100	50
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05	50.31
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GF108	Turing TU116
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	11 October 2010 (13 years ago)	14 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$219

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 has 100520% better value for money than GT 430.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	1408
CUDA cores per GPU	96	no data
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1530 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1785 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	120 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	11.20	157.1
Floating-point performance	0.2688 gflops	5.027 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	229 mm
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 - 28.8 GB/s	192.1 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 1.56

GTX 1660 30.28
+1841%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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 430 600

GTX 1660 11681
+1847%

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

GTX 1660 14055
+1852%

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 2242

GTX 1660 57780
+2477%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	4−5 −2025%	85 +2025%
1440p	2−3 −2400%	50 +2400%
4K	1−2 −2800%	29 +2800%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−1675%

71
+1675%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −983%	65−70 +983%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −1360%	73 +1360%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1350%	58 +1350%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −3300%	65−70 +3300%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −1825%	75−80 +1825%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −4025%	160−170 +4025%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1050%	69 +1050%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1940%	306 +1940%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −3633%	112 +3633%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −1067%	100−110 +1067%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −568%	227 +568%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −1950%	123 +1950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −1240%	67 +1240%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1075%	47 +1075%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −3300%	65−70 +3300%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −1825%	75−80 +1825%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −4025%	160−170 +4025%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1017%	67 +1017%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1813%	287 +1813%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −2533%	79 +2533%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −1122%	110 +1122%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −482%	60−65 +482%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −529%	214 +529%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −983%	65−70 +983%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −880%	49 +880%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −900%	40 +900%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −3300%	65−70 +3300%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −2350%	98 +2350%
Hitman 3	6−7 −883%	59 +883%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −520%	93 +520%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −956%	95 +956%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −418%	57 +418%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +17.2%	29 −17.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−2600%

81
+2600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −2750%	55−60 +2750%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −2200%	45−50 +2200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −3100%	30−35 +3100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	34
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2300%	24 +2300%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Hitman 3	7−8 −457%	39 +457%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −1240%	67 +1240%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −2238%	187 +2238%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−1225%

53
+1225%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−2300%

24−27
+2300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −850%	18−20 +850%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1400%	15 +1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	17
Far Cry 5	0−1	16−18

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−767%

26
+767%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	59 +0%	59 +0%
Battlefield 5	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42 +0%	42 +0%
Battlefield 5	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Metro Exodus	113 +0%	113 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27 +0%	27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Metro Exodus	59 +0%	59 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	67 +0%	67 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Hitman 3	21 +0%	21 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	63 +0%	63 +0%
Metro Exodus	44 +0%	44 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35 +0%	35 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	10 +0%	10 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	50 +0%	50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	36 +0%	36 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12 +0%	12 +0%

This is how GT 430 and GTX 1660 compete in popular games:

GTX 1660 is 2025% faster in 1080p
GTX 1660 is 2400% faster in 1440p
GTX 1660 is 2800% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GT 430 is 17% faster.
in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1660 is 4025% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GT 430 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
GTX 1660 is ahead in 48 tests (70%)
there's a draw in 20 tests (29%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.56	30.28
Recency	11 October 2010	14 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	120 Watt

GT 430 has 144.9% lower power consumption.

GTX 1660, on the other hand, has a 1841% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1660 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 430 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.