NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 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 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 13.0 billion / sec vs 8.8 billion / sec
3x more pipelines: 96 vs 32
3.5x better floating-point performance: 311.04 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB vs 256 / 512 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3) vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 774 vs 172
7.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 237 vs 32
10x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.139 vs 0.612
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 171.053 vs 56.838
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3275 vs 1505
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3275 vs 1505

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2011 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed	1620 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.0 billion / sec vs 8.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	96 vs 32
Floating-point performance	311.04 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB vs 256 / 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3) vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	774 vs 172
PassMark - G2D Mark	237 vs 32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.139 vs 0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	171.053 vs 56.838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3275 vs 1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3275 vs 1505

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

774

172

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

237

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.139

0.612

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

171.053

56.838

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3275

1505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3275

1505

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	774	172
PassMark - G2D Mark	237	32
Geekbench - OpenCL	2626
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.139	0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	171.053	56.838
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	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1208
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2053
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3275	1505

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF108	G96C
Launch date	1 February 2011	29 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$85.99
Place in performance rating	1342	1666
Price now	$69.99	$85.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	14.03	4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	1620 MHz	1400 MHz
CUDA cores	96	32
Floating-point performance	311.04 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	105 °C
Pipelines	96	32
Texture fill rate	13.0 billion / sec	8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, HDMIVGADual Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual 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
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB	256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU	1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI