GeForce GT 440 3GB vs Radeon HD 4670 1GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 4670 1GB, which has GPU clock speed of 750 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR4/GDDR3/DDR3/DDR2 memory running at 1100 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 320(64x5) Stream Processors, 32 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 3GB		56 Watts
Radeon HD 4670 1GB		70 Watts
	Difference: 14 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GT 440 3GB should be 23% faster than the Radeon HD 4670 1GB in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 3GB		43200 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4670 1GB		35200 MB/sec
	Difference: 8000 (23%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4670 1GB will be much (about 68%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 440 3GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 4670 1GB		24000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9744 (68%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 440 3GB is a lot (about 138%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4670 1GB, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4670 1GB		6000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8256 (138%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.