GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GT 440 1.5GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB, which has a clock speed of 594 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also features a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 144 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		56 Watts
	Difference: 26 Watts (87%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GT 1030 should in theory be a small bit faster than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 5952 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be a lot (about 184%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26224 (184%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing 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 1.5GB		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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result 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, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to 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 get to the max fill rate.