GeForce GT 440 1.5GB vs Radeon R9 M295X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 M295X, which comes with core clock speeds of 750 MHz on the GPU, and 1375 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units 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 R9 M295X		125 Watts
	Difference: 69 Watts (123%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 M295X should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		176000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 132800 (307%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M295X will be much (more or less 573%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		96000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 81744 (573%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 M295X is superior to the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB, by far. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		24000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9744 (68%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one 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 - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.