GeForce GT 440 3GB vs GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which features clock speeds of 1506 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1152 SPUs as well as 72 Texture Address Units and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 3GB		56 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 64 Watts (114%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 440 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 153408 (355%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be quite a bit (approximately 661%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 440 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 94176 (661%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is much (more or less 407%) better at AA than the GeForce GT 440 3GB, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 58032 (407%)

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 moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.