GeForce GT 440 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which comes with core speeds of 822 MHz on the GPU, and 1002 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 384 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 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 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

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be a lot 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 should be much (about 269%) better at AF 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

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is much (about 85%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of 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 output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.