GeForce GT 440 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1127 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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

In theory, the GeForce GTX 960 will be 159% faster than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (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 (approximately 406%) better at texture 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 lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is the winner, by far. (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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.