ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition vs GeForce GT 440

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking940not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.08no data
Power efficiency2.15no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGF108Cypress
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 February 2011 (14 years ago)30 June 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 $479

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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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 cores961600
Core clock speed810 MHz850 MHz
Number of transistors585 million2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt228 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate12.9668.00
Floating-point processing power0.311 TFLOPS2.72 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs1680
L1 Cache128 KB160 KB
L2 Cache256 KB512 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 supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length145 mm279 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB1 GB
Standard memory config per GPU1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)1195 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)153.0 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 ConnectorsHDMIVGADual Link DVI1x DVI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.24.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2011 30 June 2010
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 228 Watt

GT 440 has an age advantage of 7 months, a 51100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 250.8% lower power consumption.

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