NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 vs NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 and NVIDIA GeForce 305M 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 1150 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 13.0 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 96 vs 16
8.5x better floating-point performance: 311.04 gflops vs 36.8 gflops
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 771 vs 151
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 230 vs 149
Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2627 vs 1987

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2011 vs 10 January 2010
Core clock speed	1620 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.0 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 16
Floating-point performance	311.04 gflops vs 36.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	771 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark	230 vs 149
Geekbench - OpenCL	2627 vs 1987

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 305M

4.6x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 305M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

771

151

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

230

149

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2627

1987

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440	NVIDIA GeForce 305M
PassMark - G3D Mark	771	151
PassMark - G2D Mark	230	149
Geekbench - OpenCL	2627	1987
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)	0.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	9.729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	19.965
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)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440	NVIDIA GeForce 305M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF108	GT218
Launch date	1 February 2011	10 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	1346	1331
Price now	$69.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	14.03
Technical info
Core clock speed	1620 MHz	1150 MHz
CUDA cores	96	16
Floating-point performance	311.04 gflops	36.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	96	16
Texture fill rate	13.0 billion / sec	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	260 million
Gigaflops		55
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, HDMIVGADual Link DVI	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Standard memory config per GPU	1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0