GeForce GT 430 and GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition - video card comparison
GeForce GT 430
GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GF108
G84
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2010
September 2007
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 6-pin
Core clock speed
700 MHz
675 MHz
CUDA cores per GPU
96
-
Floating-point performance
268.8 gflops
92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
32
Power consumption (TDP)
49 Watt
75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
11.2 billion/sec
10.80
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)
2016 MHz
Memory bandwidth
25.6 - 28.8 GB/s
32.26 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI
2x DVI
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A