FirePro V7900 SDI vs GeForce GT 440

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	954	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.08	no data
Power efficiency	2.17	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	GF108	Cayman
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	1 February 2011 (14 years ago)	24 May 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

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	96	1280
Core clock speed	810 MHz	725 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	224 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	12.96	58.00
Floating-point processing power	0.311 TFLOPS	1.856 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	32
TMUs	16	80
L1 Cache	128 KB	320 KB
L2 Cache	256 KB	512 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	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	279 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Form factor	no data	full height / full length
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB	2 GB
Standard memory config per GPU	1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)	160 GB/s

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	HDMIVGADual Link DVI	4x SDI
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
StereoOutput3D	-	+
DisplayPort count	no data	4
Dual-link DVI support	-	+
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.2	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 February 2011	24 May 2011
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB	2 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	224 Watt

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