GeForce GTS 250 and GeForce GT 430 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTS 250 vs GeForce GT 430
GeForce GTS 250
616
GeForce GT 430
618
GeForce GTS 250
GeForce GT 430
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
G92B
GF108
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2009
October 2010
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
738 MHz
700 MHz
CUDA cores
128
-
CUDA cores per GPU
-
96
Floating-point performance
387.1 gflops
268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
96
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
49 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
98 °C
Texture fill rate
47.2 billion/sec
11.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)
Memory bandwidth
70.4 GB/s
25.6 - 28.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI
HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
Internal
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.0
4.2
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A