GeForce GTX 960 and GeForce GT 430 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GT 430
GeForce GTX 960
6254
GeForce GT 430
618
GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GT 430
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GM206
GF108
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2015
October 2010
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1127 MHz
700 MHz
CUDA cores
1024
-
CUDA cores per GPU
-
96
Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
96
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
49 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
98 °C
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
11.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
25.6 - 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.4
4.2
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
+
N/A
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-