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Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GT 430

84%
84%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

119%
119%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 is approximately 35% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GT 430NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GF108
GT215
Cores
96
96
TMUsDifferent
16
32
ROPsDifferent
4
8
Memory SizeDifferent
512 MB
1024 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
DDR3
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
64 bit
128 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
GPU NameDifferent
GF108
GT215
GPU VariantDifferent
GF108-300-A1
GT215-450-A2
ArchitectureDifferent
Fermi
Tesla 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
40 nm
40 nm
TransistorsDifferent
585 million
727 million
Density
5.0M / mm²
5.0M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
116 mm²
144 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-973
BGA-969

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Release DateDifferent
Oct 11th, 2010
Nov 17th, 2009
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 400
GeForce 200
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 200
GeForce 9
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 500
GeForce 400
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
79 USD
80 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
33 in our database
49 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
GPU ClockDifferent
700 MHz
550 MHz
Shader ClockDifferent
1400 MHz
1340 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
800 MHz1600 Mbps effective
850 MHz3.4 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Memory SizeDifferent
512 MB
1024 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
DDR3
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
64 bit
128 bit
BandwidthDifferent
12.80 GB/s
54.40 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Shading Units
96
96
TMUsDifferent
16
32
ROPsDifferent
4
8
SM CountDifferent
2
12
L1 CacheDifferent
64 KB (per SM)
N/A
L2 CacheDifferent
128 KB
64 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Pixel RateDifferent
2.800 GPixel/s
4.400 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
11.20 GTexel/s
17.60 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
268.8 GFLOPS
257.3 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
22.40 GFLOPS (1:12)
N/A

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Slot Width
Single-slot
Single-slot
LengthDifferent
145 mm5.7 inches
168 mm6.6 inches
TDPDifferent
49 W
69 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
200 W
250 W
OutputsDifferent
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x VGA
1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA
Power Connectors
None
None
Board NumberDifferent
P1071 SKU 0001
P680 SKU 11, P681

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 430NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
DirectXDifferent
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_1)
OpenGLDifferent
4.6
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
CUDADifferent
2.1
1.2
Shader ModelDifferent
5.1
4.1

Comparison Summary

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