NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX vs NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX and NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 220 MHz
48x more pipelines: 96 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
Around 82% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 440 MHz
115.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 462 vs 4
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 175 vs 140

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2007 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 220 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 440 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	462 vs 4
PassMark - G2D Mark	175 vs 140

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go

36.7x more texture fill rate: 880 MTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	880 MTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

462

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

175

140

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX	NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark	462	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	175	140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2485

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX	NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Celsius
Code name	G92	NV17 A5
Launch date	1 November 2007	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	1152	1155
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	220 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	96	2
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	880 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	29 million
Boost clock speed		220 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	7.04 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	220 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	440 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	32
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI