NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

GeForce GT 440 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 1 February 2011. At the time of release, the videocard cost $79. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Fermi microarchitecture codenamed GF108.

Core clock speed - 1620 MHz. Texture fill rate - 13.0 billion / sec. Pipelines - 96. Floating-point performance - 311.04 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 585 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 65 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3). Memory bandwidth - 28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5).

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
771
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
227
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
2617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
6.139 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
171.053 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
0.650 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
9.729 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
19.871 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1208 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
2053 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3275 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1208.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
2053.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3275.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 771
PassMark - G2D Mark 227
Geekbench - OpenCL 2617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 6.139 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 171.053 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.650 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 9.729 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 19.871 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1208 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2053 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3275 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1208.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2053.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3275.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi
Code name GF108
Launch date 1 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Place in performance rating 1351
Price now $69.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 14.03

Technical info

Core clock speed 1620 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 311.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C
Pipelines 96
Texture fill rate 13.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt
Transistor count 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, HDMIVGADual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory type DDR3
Standard memory config per GPU 1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA