GeForce GT 430 PCI vs Iris Graphics 6100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking849not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.69no data
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameBroadwell GT3GF108
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 January 2015 (9 years ago)11 October 2010 (14 years ago)

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 cores38496
Core clock speed300 MHz700 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt49 Watt
Texture fill rate48.0011.20
Floating-point processing power0.768 TFLOPS0.2688 TFLOPS
ROPs64
TMUs4816

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeSystem SharedDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared600 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data9.6 GB/s
Shared memory+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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL3.01.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA-2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2015 11 October 2010
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 49 Watt

Iris Graphics 6100 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 226.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Iris Graphics 6100 and GeForce GT 430 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Graphics 6100 is a notebook card while GeForce GT 430 PCI is a desktop one.


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