NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 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 Quadro NVS 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 550 MHz
6x more pipelines: 96 vs 2x 8
6.9x better floating-point performance: 311.04 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3) vs 1400 MHz
7.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 771 vs 103
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 230 vs 143
5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3275 vs 658
5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3275 vs 658

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2011 vs 20 January 2009
Core clock speed	1620 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 2x 8
Floating-point performance	311.04 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3) vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	771 vs 103
PassMark - G2D Mark	230 vs 143
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3275 vs 658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3275 vs 658

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 13.0 billion / sec
Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 65 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 13.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

771

103

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

230

143

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3275

658

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3275

658

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	771	103
PassMark - G2D Mark	230	143
Geekbench - OpenCL	2627
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)	0.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	9.729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	19.965
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1208
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2053
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3275	658
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1208
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2053
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3275	658

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF108	G98
Launch date	1 February 2011	20 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$131.43
Place in performance rating	1345	1447
Price now	$69.99	$80.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	14.03	1.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	1620 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	311.04 gflops	2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	96	2x 8
Texture fill rate	13.0 billion / sec	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, HDMIVGADual Link DVI	No outputs
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 1.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)	2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU	1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA