GeForce GT 430 PCI vs Quadro 1000M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking981not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.11no data
Power efficiency2.36no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF108GF108
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date13 January 2011 (13 years ago)11 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$174.95 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 cores9696
Core clock speed700 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors585 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt49 Watt
Texture fill rate11.2011.20
Floating-point processing power0.2688 TFLOPS0.2688 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs1616

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz600 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s9.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.12.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 January 2011 11 October 2010
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 49 Watt

Quadro 1000M has an age advantage of 3 months, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 8.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro 1000M and GeForce GT 430 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro 1000M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce GT 430 PCI is a desktop one.


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