Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 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 ranking970not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.05no data
Power efficiency2.17no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGF108Tahiti
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date11 October 2010 (14 years ago)22 June 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 $499

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 cores962048
CUDA cores per GPU96no data
Core clock speed700 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1050 MHz
Number of transistors585 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate11.20134.4
Floating-point processing power0.2688 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs16128

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 16PCIe 2.1 x16
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mm274 mm
Height2.713" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 - 28.8 GB/s288 GB/s

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 DVI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity-+
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.

CrossFire-+
FreeSync-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)DirectX® 11
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 October 2010 22 June 2012
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 250 Watt

GT 430 has 410.2% lower power consumption.

HD 7970 GHz Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 430 and Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. We've got no test results to judge.


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