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GeForce GT 440 3GB vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

The GeForce GT 440 3GB makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 594 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a speed of 900 MHz on this card. It features 144 SPUs along with 24 TAUs and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1050, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1354 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 640 Stream Processors, 40 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 3GB 56 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 75 Watts
Difference: 19 Watts (34%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 1050 should be much faster than the GeForce GT 440 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 114688 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB 43200 MB/sec
Difference: 71488 (165%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be much (more or less 280%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 440 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB 14256 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 39904 (280%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB 14256 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 29072 (204%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 440 3GB GeForce GTX 1050
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2010 October 2016
Code Name GF106 GP107-300
Memory 3072 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 594 MHz 1354 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 56 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 43200 MB/sec 114688 MB/sec
Texel Rate 14256 Mtexels/sec 54160 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 14256 Mpixels/sec 43328 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 144 640
Texture Mapping Units 24 40
Render Output Units 24 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 192-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 14 nm
Transistors 1170 million 3300 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number 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 per second.

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

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