PG506-232 vs GeForce GT 440 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GF106	GA100
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	11 October 2010 (13 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$273	no data

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	144	3584
Core clock speed	810 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1440 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	165 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.44	322.6
Floating-point performance	466.6 gflops	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 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	145 mm	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	8-pin EPS

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	DDR3	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	24 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	3072 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	2.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	43.2 GB/s	933.1 GB/s

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, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	N/A
Shader Model	5.1	N/A
OpenGL	4.6	N/A
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	8.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 October 2010	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	24 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	165 Watt

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