GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs GT 440

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 440 with GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GT 440
2011
512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB DDR3, 65 Watt
2.00

RTX 3060 Mobile outperforms GT 440 by a whopping 1526% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking886163
Place by popularitynot in top-10089
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.08no data
Power efficiency2.1328.15
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF108GA106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 February 2011 (13 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 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 cores963840
Core clock speed810 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1425 MHz
Number of transistors585 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt80 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate12.96171.0
Floating-point processing power0.311 TFLOPS10.94 TFLOPS
ROPs448
TMUs16120
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB6 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)1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)336.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 outputs
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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 440 2.00
RTX 3060 Mobile 32.52
+1526%

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
RTX 3060 Mobile 12550
+1528%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GT 440 850
RTX 3060 Mobile 20609
+2325%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD6−7
−1550%
99
+1550%
1440p4−5
−1600%
68
+1600%
4K2−3
−1950%
41
+1950%

Cost per frame, $

1080p13.17no data
1440p19.75no data
4K39.50no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 103
+0%
103
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 76
+0%
76
+0%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 86
+0%
86
+0%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Hitman 3 106
+0%
106
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Metro Exodus 164
+0%
164
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 64
+0%
64
+0%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 69
+0%
69
+0%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Hitman 3 108
+0%
108
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 189
+0%
189
+0%
Metro Exodus 129
+0%
129
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 102
+0%
102
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 158
+0%
158
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 158
+0%
158
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 56
+0%
56
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 62
+0%
62
+0%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Hitman 3 96
+0%
96
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120
+0%
120
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140
+0%
140
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 78
+0%
78
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 46
+0%
46
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 96
+0%
96
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 48
+0%
48
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 39
+0%
39
+0%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Hitman 3 64
+0%
64
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85
+0%
85
+0%
Metro Exodus 85
+0%
85
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 101
+0%
101
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 116
+0%
116
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 80
+0%
80
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Hitman 3 41
+0%
41
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Metro Exodus 60
+0%
60
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55
+0%
55
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11
+0%
11
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 15
+0%
15
+0%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60
+0%
60
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 19
+0%
19
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 44
+0%
44
+0%

This is how GT 440 and RTX 3060 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 1550% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 1600% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 1950% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.00 32.52
Recency 1 February 2011 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 80 Watt

GT 440 has a 8433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 23.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 1526% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 440 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 440 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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