NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 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 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 1242 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
• 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 182 Watt
• Around 14% higher maximum memory size: 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB vs 896 MB
• Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3) vs 999 MHz
• 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 237 vs 53

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

• 2.8x more texture fill rate: 36.9 billion / sec vs 13.0 billion / sec
• 2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
• Around 53% better floating-point performance: 476.9 gflops vs 311.04 gflops
• Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1208 vs 774
• 7.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19512 vs 2626
• Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.664 vs 6.139
• 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 477.327 vs 171.053
• 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 24.906 vs 9.729
• Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 29.525 vs 19.871
• 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

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	774 1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	237 53
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	2626 19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6.139 8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	171.053 477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9.729 24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	19.871 29.525
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3275 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3275 3342

Compare specifications (specs)