GeForce GT 440 OEM vs HD Graphics 5500
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1056 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 7.17 | no data |
| Architecture | Generation 8.0 (2014−2015) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Broadwell GT2 | GF106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 5 September 2014 (11 years ago) | 11 October 2010 (15 years ago) |
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 | 192 | 144 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 810 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 850 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,300 million | 1,170 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 65 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 20.40 | 19.44 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3264 TFLOPS | 0.4666 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 3 | 24 |
| TMUs | 24 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 192 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 384 KB |
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).
| Interface | Ring Bus | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 145 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | System Shared | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 1536 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 43.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
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 | Portable Device Dependent | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | + | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 September 2014 | 11 October 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 65 Watt |
HD Graphics 5500 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 186% more advanced lithography process, and 333% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 5500 and GeForce GT 440 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that HD Graphics 5500 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GT 440 OEM is a desktop one.
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