NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-SE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 250 MHz
6.4x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 332 MHz
34.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 139 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 July 2004 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	139 vs 4

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-SE

Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 158 vs 153

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	158 vs 153

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

139

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

158

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	139	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	153	158

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-SE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Celsius
Code name	NV40 A1	NV17 A3
Launch date	26 July 2004	6 February 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	1070	1072
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	81 Watt
Transistor count	222 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	197 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s	5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR