NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 430

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GT 430. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

355
Place in performance rating
815
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Value for money (0-100)
3.93
Fermi
Architecture
Fermi
N11E-GTX-A3
Code name
GF108
Laptop
Type
Desktop
25 May 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
11 October 2010 (11 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$79
$149
Price now
$114 (1.4x MSRP)
5.56
Value for money
0.22
N11E-GTX-A3
GPU code name
GF108
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

704
Pipelines
96
425 MHz
Core clock speed
700 MHz
6000 Million
Transistor count
585 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
49 Watt
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Texture fill rate
11.2 billion/sec
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Floating-point performance
268.8 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
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CUDA cores per GPU
96
704
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
6000 Million
Number of transistors
585 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
49 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GT 430.

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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
5.7" (14.5 cm)
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Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
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Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
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Height
2.713" (6.9 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1200 MHz
Memory clock speed
800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)
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Memory bandwidth
25.6 - 28.8 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GT 430, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
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CUDA
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GT 430. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
DirectX
12 (11_0)
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OpenGL
4.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI or NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI
NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI
NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI
NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI
NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI
NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI

10.09% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (704 vs 96)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 430

Cheaper ($114 (1.4x MSRP) vs $149)

Less power consumption (49 Watt vs 100 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI or NVIDIA GeForce GT 430?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 performance benchmarks comparison

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