GeForce 9600 GTX vs GT 440

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	844	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.07	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GF108	G92
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 February 2011 (13 years old)	27 May 2009 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data
Current price	$160 (2x MSRP)	$564

Technical specs

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	96	96
CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	810 MHz	580 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	140 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	13.0 billion/sec	27.84
Floating-point performance	311.04 gflops	278.4 gflops

Size and 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	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	267 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin

Memory

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB	512 MB
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)	1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)	44.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	1.1

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	1 February 2011	27 May 2009
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	140 Watt

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