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GeForce GT 440 3GB vs Radeon HD 3650
IntroThe GeForce GT 440 3GB comes with a core clock speed of 594 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 144 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 24 ROPs.Compare that to the Radeon HD 3650, which comes with GPU core speed of 725 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR4 memory set to run at 800 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 120(24x5) SPUs, 8 Texture Address Units, and 4 Raster Operation Units.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthIn theory, the GeForce GT 440 3GB is 69% faster than the Radeon HD 3650 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce GT 440 3GB will be a lot (about 146%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 3650. (explain)
Pixel RateIf running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 440 3GB is a better choice, by far. (explain)
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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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 per second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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