GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GT 440 3GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GT 440 3GB, which comes with core speeds of 594 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 144 SPUs as well as 24 Texture Address Units and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GT 440 3GB		56 Watts
	Difference: 26 Watts (87%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GT 1030, in theory, should perform a small bit faster than the GeForce GT 440 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 5952 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be quite a bit (approximately 184%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 440 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26224 (184%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be a lot (approximately 42%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GT 440 3GB, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5984 (42%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one 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 graphics 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 most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.