Arctic Sound 2T vs GeForce GT 440

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	973	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.08	no data
Power efficiency	2.20	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Generation 12.5 (2021−2023)
GPU code name	GF108	Arctic Sound
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	1 February 2011 (15 years ago)	2021 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	7680 ×2
Core clock speed	810 MHz	900 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	500 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	12.96	216.0 ×2
Floating-point processing power	0.311 TFLOPS	13.82 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	4	120 ×2
TMUs	16	240 ×2
L1 Cache	128 KB	no data
L2 Cache	256 KB	8 MB

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 support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	145 mm	267 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	DDR3	HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB	16 GB ×2
Standard memory config per GPU	1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	4096 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)	1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)	1.23 TB/s ×2

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	HDMIVGADual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	500 Watt