NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 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 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 50% higher pipelines: 96 vs 64
Around 50% better floating-point performance: 311.04 gflops vs 208 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 96 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3) vs 900 MHz
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 774 vs 477
5.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 237 vs 44
13.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.139 vs 0.465
16.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2053 vs 127
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3275 vs 3161
16.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2053 vs 127
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3275 vs 3161

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2011 vs 21 February 2008
Pipelines	96 vs 64
Floating-point performance	311.04 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 96 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3) vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	774 vs 477
PassMark - G2D Mark	237 vs 44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.139 vs 0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2053 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3275 vs 3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2053 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3275 vs 3161

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 13.0 billion / sec

Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 1620 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 13.0 billion / sec

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

774

477

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

237

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.139

0.465

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2053

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3275

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2053

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3275

3161

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	774	477
PassMark - G2D Mark	237	44
Geekbench - OpenCL	2626
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.139	0.465
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	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3275	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1208
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2053	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3275	3161

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF108	G94
Launch date	1 February 2011	21 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$179
Place in performance rating	1342	1587
Price now	$69.99	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	14.03	23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	1620 MHz	1625 MHz
CUDA cores	96	64
Floating-point performance	311.04 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	105 °C
Pipelines	96	64
Texture fill rate	13.0 billion / sec	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	505 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, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	16x PCI-E 2.0
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)	9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU	1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI