GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GT 440 3GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 440 3GB, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 594 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a speed of 900 MHz on this card. It features 144 SPUs along with 24 TAUs and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GT 440 3GB		56 Watts
	Difference: 26 Watts (87%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GT 1030 should theoretically be a bit superior to the GeForce GT 440 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 5952 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is much (about 184%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 440 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26224 (184%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5984 (42%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.