GeForce GT 440 vs GRID M40

Place in the ranking	732	949
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.08
Power efficiency	6.08	2.16
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GM107	GF108
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	18 May 2016 (9 years ago)	1 February 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

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Performance to price scatter graph

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	384	96
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	810 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	65 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	98 °C
Texture fill rate	33.06	12.96
Floating-point processing power	0.7933 TFLOPS	0.311 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	32	16
L1 Cache	192 KB	128 KB
L2 Cache	2 MB	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).

Bus support	no data	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	145 mm
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	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	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Standard memory config per GPU	no data	1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1300 MHz	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth	83.2 GB/s	28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)

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

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	5.0	+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.77	1.74
Recency	18 May 2016	1 February 2011
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	65 Watt

GRID M40 has a 116.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 30% lower power consumption.

GT 440, on the other hand, has a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The GRID M40 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 440 in performance tests.

Be aware that GRID M40 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 440 is a desktop one.