ATI Radeon HD 5690 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5690 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 5690

NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5690

Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 15.5 GTexel / s vs 13.0 billion / sec
4.2x more pipelines: 400 vs 96
Around 99% better floating-point performance: 620.0 gflops vs 311.04 gflops
Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 64 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)

Texture fill rate	15.5 GTexel / s vs 13.0 billion / sec
Pipelines	400 vs 96
Floating-point performance	620.0 gflops vs 311.04 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt vs 65 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

2.1x more core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 775 MHz

Core clock speed	1620 MHz vs 775 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5690
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5690	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
PassMark - G3D Mark		774
PassMark - G2D Mark		237
Geekbench - OpenCL		2626
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		6.139
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		171.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		9.729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		19.871
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1208
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2053
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3275
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1208
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2053
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3275

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5690	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Redwood	GF108
Launch date	1 February 2011	1 February 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	1342
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$79
Price now		$69.99
Value for money (0-100)		14.03
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	1620 MHz
Floating-point performance	620.0 gflops	311.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	400	96
Texture fill rate	15.5 GTexel / s	13.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	585 million
CUDA cores		96
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, HDMIVGADual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA