GeForce GT 440 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, which has GPU clock speed of 576 MHz, and 896 MB of GDDR3 RAM set to run at 999 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also is comprised of 216 Stream Processors, 72 TAUs, and 28 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		56 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 146 Watts (261%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 68688 (159%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 will be quite a bit (more or less 191%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27216 (191%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is the winner, not by a very large margin though. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1872 (13%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.