GeForce GT 440 vs GeForce GTX 460 v2

GeForce GT 440
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Feb 2011
GeForce GT 440
GeForce GTX 460 v2
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 24 Sep 2011
GeForce GTX 460 v2
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Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 440
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
    316%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 440

95 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 460 v2 .
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460 v2

Around 216% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 460 v2

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 460 v2

The GeForce GTX 460 v2 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 440GeForce GTX 460 v2
GPU NameGF108 (GF108-400-A1)vsGF114 (GF114-400-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size116 mm²vs332 mm²
Transistors585 millionvs1,950 million
Shaders96vs336
Compute Units2vs7
Core clock810 MHzvs778 MHz
ROPs4vs24
TMUs16vs56

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 440GeForce GTX 460 v2
Memory TypeDDR3vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 440GeForce GTX 460 v2
TDP65 wattsvs160 watts
Release Date1 Feb 2011vs24 Sep 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 440
    3.24 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
    10.90 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 440
    13.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
    43.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 440
    28.80 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
    96.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 440
    311.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
    1046.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 440
    1200
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
    3800

Points (higher is better)