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GeForce GT 440 3GB vs Radeon HD 6950 2GB
Intro
The GeForce GT 440 3GB has 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 ROPs.Compare that to the Radeon HD 6950 2GB, which comes with core clock speeds of 800 MHz on the GPU, and 1250 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1408 SPUs along with 88 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GT 440 3GB |
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56 Watts |
| Radeon HD 6950 2GB |
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200 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 6950 2GB should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GT 440 3GB overall. (explain)
| Radeon HD 6950 2GB |
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160000 MB/sec |
| GeForce GT 440 3GB |
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43200 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 6950 2GB should be much (more or less 394%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 440 3GB. (explain)| Radeon HD 6950 2GB |
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70400 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GT 440 3GB |
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14256 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Radeon HD 6950 2GB is quite a bit (more or less 80%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 440 3GB, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)| Radeon HD 6950 2GB |
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25600 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GT 440 3GB |
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14256 Mpixels/sec |
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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
| Model | GeForce GT 440 3GB | Radeon HD 6950 2GB |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | October 2010 | December 2010 |
| Code Name | GF106 | Cayman Pro |
| Memory | 3072 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 594 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 5000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 56 watts | 200 watts |
| Bandwidth | 43200 MB/sec | 160000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 14256 Mtexels/sec | 70400 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 14256 Mpixels/sec | 25600 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 144 | 1408 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 24 | 88 |
| Render Output Units | 24 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 1170 million | 2640 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 4.1 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.
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Radeon HD 6950 2GBAmazon.com
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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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