GeForce GT 440 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which has GPU core speed of 822 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1002 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 384 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation 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 560 Ti		3466 points
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		840 points
	Difference: 2626 (313%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		56 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 114 Watts (204%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 85056 (197%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is much (approximately 269%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 38352 (269%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12048 (85%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics 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 number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the 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 core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.