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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GT 430

12%
12%

AMD Radeon R9 280X

812%
812%
AMD Radeon R9 280X is approximately 800% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GT 430AMD Radeon R9 280X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GF108
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
96
2048
TMUsDifferent
16
128
ROPsDifferent
4
32
Memory SizeDifferent
512 MB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
DDR3
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
64 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430AMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU NameDifferent
GF108
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
GF108-300-A1
Tahiti XTL(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
Fermi
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
40 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
585 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
5.0M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
116 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-973
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430AMD Radeon R9 280X
Release DateDifferent
Oct 11th, 2010
Oct 8th, 2013
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 400
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 200
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 500
Pirate Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
79 USD
299 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
33 in our database
105 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430AMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU ClockDifferent
700 MHz
N/A
Shader ClockDifferent
1400 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
800 MHz1600 Mbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective
Base ClockDifferent
N/A
850 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
N/A
1000 MHz

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430AMD Radeon R9 280X
Memory SizeDifferent
512 MB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
DDR3
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
64 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
12.80 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430AMD Radeon R9 280X
Shading UnitsDifferent
96
2048
TMUsDifferent
16
128
ROPsDifferent
4
32
SM CountDifferent
2
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
64 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
128 KB
768 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
32

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430AMD Radeon R9 280X
Pixel RateDifferent
2.800 GPixel/s
32.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
11.20 GTexel/s
128.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
268.8 GFLOPS
4.096 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
22.40 GFLOPS (1:12)
1,024.0 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430AMD Radeon R9 280X
Slot WidthDifferent
Single-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
145 mm5.7 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
TDPDifferent
49 W
250 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
200 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x VGA
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
None
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
P1071 SKU 0001
C386
HeightDifferent
N/A
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
36 mm1.4 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430AMD Radeon R9 280X
DirectXDifferent
12 (11_0)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.1
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
2.1
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
5.1
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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