GeForce GT 440 1.5GB vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which comes with core speeds of 975 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		56 Watts
Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
	Difference: 54 Watts (96%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 370 4G should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 136000 (315%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G should be a lot (approximately 338%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 48144 (338%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 4G is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16944 (119%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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 higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.