GeForce GT 440 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 960, which features a core clock frequency of 1127 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 960		7627 points
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		840 points
	Difference: 6787 (808%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		56 Watts
GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
	Difference: 64 Watts (114%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 960 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 68800 (159%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 is quite a bit (about 406%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 57872 (406%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is superior to the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21808 (153%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.