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Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

14%
14%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

710%
710%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is approximately 696% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GT 440AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GF108
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
96
2048
TMUsDifferent
16
128
ROPsDifferent
4
32
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
DDR3
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 440AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
GF108
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
GF108-400-A1
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
Fermi
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
40 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
585 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
5.0M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
116 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-973
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 440AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
Feb 1st, 2011
Jun 22nd, 2012
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 400
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 200
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 500
Sea Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
79 USD
499 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
5 in our database
191 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 440AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU ClockDifferent
810 MHz
N/A
Shader ClockDifferent
1620 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
900 MHz1800 Mbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective
Base ClockDifferent
N/A
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
N/A
1050 MHz

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 440AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
DDR3
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
28.80 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 440AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading UnitsDifferent
96
2048
TMUsDifferent
16
128
ROPsDifferent
4
32
SM CountDifferent
2
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
64 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
256 KB
768 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
32

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 440AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
3.240 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
12.96 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
311.0 GFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
25.92 GFLOPS (1:12)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 440AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Slot WidthDifferent
Single-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
145 mm5.7 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
TDPDifferent
65 W
300 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
250 W
700 W
OutputsDifferent
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x VGA
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
None
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
P1071 SKU 0001
109-C38637-00
HeightDifferent
N/A
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
38 mm1.5 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 440AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
DirectXDifferent
12 (11_0)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.1
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
2.1
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
5.1
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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