GeForce4 MX 440 vs GeForce GTS 450 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	1514
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GF106	NV17 A3
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	11 October 2010 (14 years ago)	6 February 2002 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$129	no data

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	144	no data
Core clock speed	790 MHz	275 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	18.96	1.100
Floating-point processing power	0.455 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	24	2
TMUs	24	4

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	AGP 4x
Length	210 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	64 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	6.4 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	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	8.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 October 2010	6 February 2002
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	64 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	150 nm

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