NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 and NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 120 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 220 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 64 MB vs 32 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Launch date	6 February 2002 vs 1 February 2000
Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 220 nm
Maximum memory size	64 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

436.4x more texture fill rate: 480 MTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 201 vs 140

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	480 MTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	201 vs 140

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

140

201

Name	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
PassMark - G3D Mark	5	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	140	201

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Celsius
Code name	NV17 A3	NV10 A3
Launch date	6 February 2002	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	1196	911
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	220 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	480 MTexel / s
Transistor count	29 million	17 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	300 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR