GeForce GT 440 3GB vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, which comes with a clock frequency of 1290 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is made up of 768 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 440 3GB overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is quite a bit (approximately 334%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 440 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 47664 (334%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is superior to the GeForce GT 440 3GB, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27024 (190%)

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 max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.