GeForce GT 440 vs GeForce GTS 450 DDR3

GeForce GT 440
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Feb 2011
GeForce GT 440
GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 11 Jul 2012
GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
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Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 440
    100%
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    176%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 440

41 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 .
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTS 450 DDR3

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 76% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTS 450 DDR3

HWBench recommends GeForce GTS 450 DDR3

The GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 440GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
GPU NameGF108 (GF108-400-A1)vsGF116 (GF116-200-KA-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size116 mm²vs238 mm²
Transistors585 millionvs1,170 million
Shaders96vs144
Compute Units2vs3
Core clock810 MHzvs783 MHz
ROPs4vs16
TMUs16vs24

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 440GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs700 MHz
1400 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 440GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
TDP65 wattsvs106 watts
Release Date1 Feb 2011vs11 Jul 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 440
    3.24 GP/s
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    4.70 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 440
    13.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    18.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 440
    28.80 GB/s
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    22.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 440
    311.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    451.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 440
    1200
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    2120

Points (higher is better)