Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs GeForce GT 430

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking968not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.05no data
Power efficiency2.20no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameGF108Tiger Lake GT2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date11 October 2010 (14 years ago)2 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96384
CUDA cores per GPU96no data
Core clock speed700 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1100 MHz
Number of transistors585 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate11.2026.40
Floating-point processing power0.2688 TFLOPS0.8448 TFLOPS
ROPs412
TMUs1624

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 supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Length145 mmno data
Height2.713" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)System Shared
Memory bandwidth25.6 - 28.8 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsHDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVINo outputs
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 October 2010 2 September 2020
Chip lithography 40 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G4 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 226.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 430 and Iris Xe Graphics G4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 430 is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics G4 is a notebook one.


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