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GeForce GT 230 vs GeForce GT 440 1.5GB

Intro

The GeForce GT 230 uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 550 MHz. The DDR3 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 800 MHz on this particular model. It features 32 SPUs along with 16 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB, which features clock speeds of 594 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1536 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 144 SPUs along with 24 TAUs and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 56 Watts
GeForce GT 230 65 Watts
Difference: 9 Watts (16%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB should perform just a bit faster than the GeForce GT 230 overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 43200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 230 38400 MB/sec
Difference: 4800 (13%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 440 1.5GB will be quite a bit (approximately 62%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 230. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 14256 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 230 8800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 5456 (62%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 14256 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 230 4400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 9856 (224%)

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 230 GeForce GT 440 1.5GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2009 October 2010
Code Name GT218 GF106
Memory 1536 MB 1536 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 594 MHz
Memory Speed 1600 MHz 1800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 65 watts 56 watts
Bandwidth 38400 MB/sec 43200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 8800 Mtexels/sec 14256 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4400 Mpixels/sec 14256 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 32 144
Texture Mapping Units 16 24
Render Output Units 8 24
Bus Type DDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 192-bit 192-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 40 nm
Transistors 260 million 1170 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.2 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GT 230

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