GeForce GT 440 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1060, which makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1506 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 2000 MHz on this model. It features 1280 SPUs as well as 80 Texture Address Units and 48 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 1060		12359 points
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		840 points
	Difference: 11519 (1371%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		56 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 64 Watts (114%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 153408 (355%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is quite a bit (approximately 745%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 106224 (745%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 58032 (407%)

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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.