NVIDIA GeForce 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 6800

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 275 MHz
4.7x more texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 1.1 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
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 400 MHz
22.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 113 vs 5
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 140

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 April 2004 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	113 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	258 vs 140

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

258

140

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
PassMark - G3D Mark	113	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	258	140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	484

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Celsius
Code name	NV40 A1	NV17 A3
Launch date	14 April 2004	6 February 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$39.99
Place in performance rating	1165	1168
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR