Radeon R2 Mobile Graphics vs GeForce GT 430

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	963	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05	no data
Power efficiency	2.20	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	GF108	Beema
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	11 October 2010 (14 years ago)	28 January 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	96	128
CUDA cores per GPU	96	no data
Core clock speed	700 MHz	497 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	300 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	930 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	100 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	11.20	3.976
Floating-point processing power	0.2688 TFLOPS	0.1272 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	16	8

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	IGP
Length	145 mm	no data
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	25.6 - 28.8 GB/s	no data

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	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.3
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 October 2010	28 January 2015
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	100 Watt

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