GeForce 7800 GS+ AGP vs GT 440

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking897not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.08no data
Power efficiency2.11no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGF108G71
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 February 2011 (13 years ago)28 September 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96no data
Core clock speed810 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors585 million278 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate12.967.200
Floating-point processing power0.311 TFLOPSno data
ROPs416
TMUs1616

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Length145 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x Molex

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB512 MB
Standard memory config per GPU1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)625 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)40 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsHDMIVGADual Link DVI1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.22.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2011 28 September 2006
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 90 nm

GT 440 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 102300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

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