GeForce GT 440 1.5GB vs Radeon R7 M265

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M265, which features GPU core speed of 725 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 384 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.

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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

Radeon R7 M265		3256 points
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		840 points
	Difference: 2416 (288%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB is 35% quicker than the Radeon R7 M265 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		43200 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M265		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 11200 (35%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M265 is a lot (about 22%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB. (explain)

Radeon R7 M265		17400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3144 (22%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		5800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8456 (146%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.