GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GT 440 3GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GT 440 3GB, which comes with clock 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 TAUs 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

Performance-wise, the GeForce GT 1030 should theoretically be a bit superior to the GeForce GT 440 3GB overall. (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 much (approximately 184%) more effective at anisotropic 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

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is a better choice, and very much so. (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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.