GeForce GT 440 3GB vs GeForce GTX 280

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 280, which makes use of a 65 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 602 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM works at a frequency of 1107 MHz on this specific card. It features 240 SPUs along with 80 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 3GB		56 Watts
GeForce GTX 280		236 Watts
	Difference: 180 Watts (321%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 280, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 440 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 280		141696 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 98496 (228%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 280 should be quite a bit (approximately 238%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 440 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 280		48160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 33904 (238%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 280 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 280		19264 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5008 (35%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.