GeForce4 MX 440 vs Arc A350M

Place in the ranking	364	1521
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	40.01	no data
Architecture	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	DG2-128	NV17 A3
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)	6 February 2002 (22 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	no data
Core clock speed	300 MHz	275 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,200 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	55.20	1.100
Floating-point processing power	1.766 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	24	2
TMUs	48	4
Ray Tracing Cores	6	no data

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	PCIe 4.0 x8	AGP 4x
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	GDDR6	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	6.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no 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 Connectors

No outputs

1x DVI, 1x VGA

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	8.0
Shader Model	6.6	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
OpenCL	3.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.3	N/A

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 HD	35	-0−1
1440p	16	-0−1
4K	9	-0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	24−27	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	27	0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	24−27	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	9	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	66	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	32	0−1
Metro Exodus	40−45	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40	0−1
Valorant	56	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	24−27	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	8	0−1
Dota 2	38	0−1
Far Cry 5	27	0−1
Fortnite	80−85	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	53	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	35−40	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	26	0−1
Metro Exodus	40−45	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−110	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45	0−1
Valorant	55−60	0−1
World of Tanks	190−200	0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	24−27	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	6	0−1
Dota 2	59	0−1
Far Cry 5	50−55	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	45	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	21	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−110	0−1
Valorant	55−60	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	10	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	10	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	130−140	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14	0−1
World of Tanks	100−110	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12	0−1
Far Cry 5	35−40	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	37	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	21−24	0−1
Metro Exodus	30−35	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20	0−1
Valorant	35−40	0−1

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9	0−1
Dota 2	11	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	11	0−1
Metro Exodus	10−11	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	11	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	8−9	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Dota 2	24−27	0−1
Far Cry 5	18−20	0−1
Fortnite	16−18	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	19	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	10−12	0−1
Valorant	16−18	0−1

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	13.57	0.01
Recency	30 March 2022	6 February 2002
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	6 nm	150 nm

Arc A350M has a 135600% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 20 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2400% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A350M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce4 MX 440 in performance tests.

Be aware that Arc A350M is a notebook card while GeForce4 MX 440 is a desktop one.

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