GeForce GT 440 3GB vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1392 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 96-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 768 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 24 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should perform much faster than the GeForce GT 440 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 42816 (99%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be a lot (more or less 369%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 440 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 52560 (369%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is quite a bit (approximately 134%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 440 3GB, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19152 (134%)

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 MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.