GeForce GT 440 vs GTX 1080 Ti

Place in performance ranking	59	848
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	27.36	0.07
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GP102	GF108
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	28 February 2017 (7 years ago)	1 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$79
Current price	$321 (0.5x MSRP)	$160 (2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1080 Ti has 38986% better value for money than GT 440.

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	3584	96
CUDA cores	no data	96
Core clock speed	1481 MHz	810 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	11,800 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	65 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	91 °C	98 °C
Texture fill rate	354.4	13.0 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	11,340 gflops	311.04 gflops

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	no data	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
SLI options	+	no data

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	GDDR5X	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	11 GB	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Standard memory config per GPU	no data	1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
Memory bus width	352 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	11000 MHz	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth	484.4 GB/s	28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)
Shared memory	-	no data

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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	HDMIVGADual Link DVI
Multi monitor support	+	+
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
G-SYNC support	+	no data
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost	3.0	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1080 Ti 48.00
+2312%

GT 440 1.99

GTX 1080 Ti outperforms GT 440 by 2312% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 1080 Ti 18560
+2310%

GT 440 770

GTX 1080 Ti outperforms GT 440 by 2310% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1080 Ti 27564
+3143%

GT 440 850

GTX 1080 Ti outperforms GT 440 by 3143% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 1080 Ti 63000
+2296%

GT 440 2629

GTX 1080 Ti outperforms GT 440 by 2296% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	128 +2460%	5−6 −2460%
1440p	87 +2800%	3−4 −2800%
4K	70 +3400%	2−3 −3400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

85−90
+2833%

3−4

−2833%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100 +2400%	4−5 −2400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	80−85 +2667%	3−4 −2667%
Battlefield 5	162 +2600%	6−7 −2600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 +2525%	4−5 −2525%
Cyberpunk 2077	85−90 +2833%	3−4 −2833%
Far Cry 5	122 +2340%	5−6 −2340%
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120 +2725%	4−5 −2725%
Forza Horizon 4	147 +2350%	6−7 −2350%
Hitman 3	110−120 +2850%	4−5 −2850%
Horizon Zero Dawn	213 +2563%	8−9 −2563%
Metro Exodus	144 +2780%	5−6 −2780%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100−110 +2575%	4−5 −2575%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	247 +2370%	10−11 −2370%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +2800%	3−4 −2800%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	90 +2900%	3−4 −2900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	80−85 +2667%	3−4 −2667%
Battlefield 5	147 +2350%	6−7 −2350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 +2525%	4−5 −2525%
Cyberpunk 2077	85−90 +2833%	3−4 −2833%
Far Cry 5	86 +2767%	3−4 −2767%
Far Cry New Dawn	110 +2650%	4−5 −2650%
Forza Horizon 4	145 +2317%	6−7 −2317%
Hitman 3	110−120 +2850%	4−5 −2850%
Horizon Zero Dawn	207 +2488%	8−9 −2488%
Metro Exodus	102 +2450%	4−5 −2450%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100−110 +2575%	4−5 −2575%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	153 +2450%	6−7 −2450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	120−130 +2480%	5−6 −2480%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +2800%	3−4 −2800%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	71 +3450%	2−3 −3450%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	80−85 +2667%	3−4 −2667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	81 +2600%	3−4 −2600%
Cyberpunk 2077	85−90 +2833%	3−4 −2833%
Far Cry 5	73 +2333%	3−4 −2333%
Forza Horizon 4	120 +2900%	4−5 −2900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	153 +2450%	6−7 −2450%
Metro Exodus	94 +3033%	3−4 −3033%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	98 +2350%	4−5 −2350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +2800%	3−4 −2800%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

121

+2320%

5−6
−2320%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	108 +2600%	4−5 −2600%
Far Cry New Dawn	112 +2700%	4−5 −2700%
Hitman 3	60−65 +2950%	2−3 −2950%
Red Dead Redemption 2	41 +4000%	1−2 −4000%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	62 +3000%	2−3 −3000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +2650%	2−3 −2650%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	78 +2500%	3−4 −2500%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 +4100%	1−2 −4100%
Far Cry 5	97 +2325%	4−5 −2325%
Forza Horizon 4	102 +2450%	4−5 −2450%
Horizon Zero Dawn	118 +2850%	4−5 −2850%
Metro Exodus	88 +2833%	3−4 −2833%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	123 +2360%	5−6 −2360%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	75−80 +2400%	3−4 −2400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +4500%	1−2 −4500%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	72 +3500%	2−3 −3500%
Far Cry New Dawn	60 +2900%	2−3 −2900%
Hitman 3	40−45 +3900%	1−2 −3900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 +3150%	2−3 −3150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	41 +4000%	1−2 −4000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	72 +3500%	2−3 −3500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40 +3900%	1−2 −3900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +3100%	1−2 −3100%
Battlefield 5	70 +3400%	2−3 −3400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	53 +2550%	2−3 −2550%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	75 +2400%	3−4 −2400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	72 +3500%	2−3 −3500%
Metro Exodus	57 +2750%	2−3 −2750%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 +2500%	1−2 −2500%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

49
+2350%

2−3

−2350%

This is how GTX 1080 Ti and GT 440 compete in popular games:

GTX 1080 Ti is 2460% faster in 1080p
GTX 1080 Ti is 2800% faster in 1440p
GTX 1080 Ti is 3400% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	48.00	1.99
Recency	28 February 2017	1 February 2011
Cost	$699	$79
Maximum RAM amount	11 GB	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	65 Watt