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GeForce GT 440 1.5GB vs Radeon HD 4650 512MB
IntroThe GeForce GT 440 1.5GB features a core clock speed of 594 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also features a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 144 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 24 Raster Operation Units.Compare all that to the Radeon HD 4650 512MB, which uses a 55 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 600 MHz. The DDR2 memory works at a frequency of 500 MHz on this specific model. It features 320(64x5) SPUs as well as 32 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthThe GeForce GT 440 1.5GB, in theory, should be a lot faster than the Radeon HD 4650 512MB in general. (explain)
Texel RateThe Radeon HD 4650 512MB is a lot (about 35%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB. (explain)
Pixel RateThe GeForce GT 440 1.5GB will be quite a bit (approximately 197%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4650 512MB, and capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)
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
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though. Specifications
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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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