GeForce GT 440 vs FirePro V8700

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	848
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.07
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	RV770	GF108
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	11 September 2008 (15 years ago)	1 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499	$79
Current price	$99 (0.1x MSRP)	$160 (2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	800	96
CUDA cores	no data	96
Core clock speed	750 MHz	810 MHz
Number of transistors	956 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	151 Watt	65 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	98 °C
Texture fill rate	30.00	13.0 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops	311.04 gflops

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	no data	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	254 mm	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	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	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Standard memory config per GPU	no data	1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB/s	28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)

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	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	HDMIVGADual Link DVI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.2
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	no data	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 September 2008	1 February 2011
Cost	$1499	$79
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	151 Watt	65 Watt

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