GeForce FX 5100 vs GT 440

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking892not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.08no data
Power efficiency2.14no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGF108NV34 A1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 February 2011 (13 years ago)6 March 2003 (21 year 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 MHz200 MHz
Number of transistors585 million45 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate12.960.8
Floating-point processing power0.311 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs164

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 connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB64 MB
Standard memory config per GPU1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)166 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)2.656 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 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)9.0a
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.21.5 (2.1)
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 440 771
+10914%
FX 5100 7

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2011 6 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm

GT 440 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 819100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 440 and GeForce FX 5100. We've got no test results to judge.


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