GeForce 930M vs GeForce GT 440 3GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 440 3GB, which comes with GPU core speed of 594 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR3 RAM running at 900 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 144 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GT 440 3GB should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce 930M overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 3GB		43200 MB/sec
GeForce 930M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 28800 (200%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 930M is a lot (about 56%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 440 3GB. (explain)

GeForce 930M		22272 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8016 (56%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 440 3GB will be quite a bit (approximately 92%) better at AA than the GeForce 930M, and able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 930M		7424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6832 (92%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's 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 applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs 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 fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.