NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 135 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 772 vs 555
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 232 vs 71
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 February 2011 vs 11 December 2007
Core clock speed 1620 MHz vs 650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 135 Watt
Maximum memory size 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 772 vs 555
PassMark - G2D Mark 232 vs 71

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

  • 3.2x more texture fill rate: 41.6 GTexel / s vs 13.0 billion / sec
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 128 vs 96
  • Around 34% better floating-point performance: 416.0 gflops vs 311.04 gflops
  • Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1640 MHz vs 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 3275
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 3275
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 41.6 GTexel / s vs 13.0 billion / sec
Pipelines 128 vs 96
Floating-point performance 416.0 gflops vs 311.04 gflops
Memory clock speed 1640 MHz vs 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 3275

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
772
555
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
232
71
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3275
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3275
3342
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
PassMark - G3D Mark 772 555
PassMark - G2D Mark 232 71
Geekbench - OpenCL 2624
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 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1208
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2053
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3275 3342

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF108 G92
Launch date 1 February 2011 11 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $79 $349
Place in performance rating 1337 1339
Price now $69.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 14.03

Technical info

Core clock speed 1620 MHz 650 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 311.04 gflops 416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C
Pipelines 96 128
Texture fill rate 13.0 billion / sec 41.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 135 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, HDMIVGADual Link DVI 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 254 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.2 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5) 52.5 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3) 1640 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU 1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA