GeForce GT 440 Mac Edition vs Extreme Graphics 2
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Generation 2.0 (2002−2003) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Montara | GF108 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 December 2003 (22 years ago) | 9 February 2011 (14 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 | no data | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | 810 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 266 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 585 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 65 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.27 | 12.96 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.311 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 1 | 4 |
| TMUs | 1 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 256 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 | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 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 | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 667 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 21.34 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 | No outputs | 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 | 7.0 | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 December 2003 | 9 February 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 40 nm |
GT 440 Mac Edition has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Extreme Graphics 2 and GeForce GT 440 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Extreme Graphics 2 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GT 440 Mac Edition is a desktop one.
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