GeForce GT 440 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 460

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 460, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 675 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 900 MHz on this particular card. It features 336 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 460		2557 points
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		840 points
	Difference: 1717 (204%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		56 Watts
GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
	Difference: 94 Watts (168%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 460, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 43200 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 should be a lot (about 165%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 23544 (165%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 is the winner, but not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1944 (14%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.