GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB vs GT 440

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking885not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.08no data
Power efficiency2.22no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGF108GP106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 February 2011 (13 years ago)27 June 2017 (7 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 cores961280
Core clock speed810 MHz1265 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1480 MHz
Number of transistors585 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt80 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate12.96118.4
Floating-point processing power0.311 TFLOPSno data
ROPs448
TMUs1680

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB3 GB
Standard memory config per GPU1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)192.2 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 DVIno data
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)12.0
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.24.5
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2011 27 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 80 Watt

GT 440 has a 16966.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 23.1% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 440 and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 440 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
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