NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM 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 GTX 260 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 518 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 182 Watt

Launch date	1 February 2011 vs 8 December 2009
Core clock speed	1620 MHz vs 518 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 182 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM

2.6x more texture fill rate: 33.2 GTexel / s vs 13.0 billion / sec
2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
Around 33% better floating-point performance: 414.7 gflops vs 311.04 gflops
Around 75% higher maximum memory size: 1792 MB vs 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Around 26% higher memory clock speed: 2016 MHz vs 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)

Texture fill rate	33.2 GTexel / s vs 13.0 billion / sec
Pipelines	192 vs 96
Floating-point performance	414.7 gflops vs 311.04 gflops
Maximum memory size	1792 MB vs 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Memory clock speed	2016 MHz vs 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	774
PassMark - G2D Mark	237
Geekbench - OpenCL	2626
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
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 GTX 260 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF108	GT200B
Launch date	1 February 2011	8 December 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	1342	not rated
Price now	$69.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	14.03
Technical info
Core clock speed	1620 MHz	518 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	311.04 gflops	414.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	96	192
Texture fill rate	13.0 billion / sec	33.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	1,400 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)	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 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	1792 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)	112.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)	2016 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU	1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA