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GeForce GT 420 vs GeForce GT 440 1.5GB

Intro

The GeForce GT 420 features core speeds of 700 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 48 SPUs along with 8 TAUs and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare that to the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB, which comes with core speeds of 594 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1536 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 144 SPUs along with 24 Texture Address Units and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 420 50 Watts
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 56 Watts
Difference: 6 Watts (12%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB should be 50% quicker than the GeForce GT 420 overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 43200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 420 28800 MB/sec
Difference: 14400 (50%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 440 1.5GB should be much (about 155%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 420. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 14256 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 420 5600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 8656 (155%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB is superior to the GeForce GT 420, by far. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 14256 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 420 2800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 11456 (409%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 420 GeForce GT 440 1.5GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year September 2010 October 2010
Code Name GF108 GF106
Memory 2048 MB 1536 MB
Core Speed 700 MHz 594 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 50 watts 56 watts
Bandwidth 28800 MB/sec 43200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 5600 Mtexels/sec 14256 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 2800 Mpixels/sec 14256 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 48 144
Texture Mapping Units 8 24
Render Output Units 4 24
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 128-bit 192-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 40 nm
Transistors 585 million 1170 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher 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 the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GT 420

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Comments

2 Responses to “GeForce GT 420 vs GeForce GT 440 1.5GB”
Heb hulp nodig bij nieuwe computer. - 9lives - Games Forum says:

[...] (De linkse is die van de Acer, de rechtse van de HP) Hier is de vergelijking van de GPU's: GeForce GT 420 vs GeForce GT 440 1.5GB – Performance Comparison Benchmarks @ Hardware Compare Ik hoop dat jullie me kunnen helpen Jullie mogen ook een andere computer voorstellen met [...]

Anonymous says:

Err, according to GPU-Z, my GT420 is far faster than the oen in the test, even beating the GT440 in one instance... Here's a screenshot:

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/11/06/25/d09.png

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