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GeForce GT 440 1.5GB vs Radeon HD 3850 1GB

Intro

The GeForce GT 440 1.5GB has a GPU core clock speed of 594 MHz, and the 1536 MB of GDDR3 memory is set to run at 900 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 144 Stream Processors, 24 TAUs, and 24 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 3850 1GB, which has core speeds of 668 MHz on the GPU, and 828 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 320(64x5) SPUs as well as 16 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 56 Watts
Radeon HD 3850 1GB 75 Watts
Difference: 19 Watts (34%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 3850 1GB should be much faster than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 3850 1GB 52992 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 43200 MB/sec
Difference: 9792 (23%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 440 1.5GB is much (approximately 33%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 3850 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 14256 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 3850 1GB 10688 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 3568 (33%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 440 1.5GB is quite a bit (more or less 33%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 3850 1GB, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 14256 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 3850 1GB 10688 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 3568 (33%)

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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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 440 1.5GB Radeon HD 3850 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year October 2010 Nov 19, 2007
Code Name GF106 RV670 PRO
Memory 1536 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 594 MHz 668 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 1656 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 56 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 43200 MB/sec 52992 MB/sec
Texel Rate 14256 Mtexels/sec 10688 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 14256 Mpixels/sec 10688 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 144 320(64x5)
Texture Mapping Units 24 16
Render Output Units 24 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 192-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 55 nm
Transistors 1170 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 2.0 x16/AGP 8x
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GT 440 1.5GB

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Radeon HD 3850 1GB

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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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