GeForce GT 440 1.5GB vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has a clock speed of 1717 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 1408 SPUs, 88 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		56 Watts
Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
	Difference: 74 Watts (132%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 5500 XT should perform much faster than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 186176 (431%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT will be a lot (about 960%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 136840 (960%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT should be quite a bit (approximately 285%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40688 (285%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.