GeForce GT 440 vs GTX 1080

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GT 440, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1080
2016
8 GB GDDR5X, 180 Watt
37.51
+1917%

GTX 1080 outperforms GT 440 by a whopping 1917% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking114907
Place by popularity61not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.470.08
Power efficiency15.262.10
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGP104GF108
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 May 2016 (8 years ago)1 February 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

GTX 1080 has 22988% better value for money than GT 440.

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 cores256096
Core clock speed1607 MHz810 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt65 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °C98 °C
Texture fill rate277.312.96
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS0.311 TFLOPS
ROPs644
TMUs16016

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 supportPCIe 3.0PCI-E 2.0 x 16
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm145 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot1-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5XDDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Standard memory config per GPUno data1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed10 GB/s1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s28.8 (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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVIHDMIVGADual Link DVI
Multi monitor support++
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.2
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX 1080 37.51
+1917%
GT 440 1.86

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GTX 1080 15573
+1912%
GT 440 774

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.

GTX 1080 21409
+2419%
GT 440 850

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.

GTX 1080 55469
+2012%
GT 440 2626

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 HD127
+2017%
6−7
−2017%
1440p77
+2467%
3−4
−2467%
4K59
+2850%
2−3
−2850%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.72
+179%
13.17
−179%
1440p7.78
+239%
26.33
−239%
4K10.15
+289%
39.50
−289%
  • GTX 1080 has 179% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • GTX 1080 has 239% lower cost per frame in 1440p
  • GTX 1080 has 289% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 210−220
+2030%
10−11
−2030%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+2075%
4−5
−2075%
Hogwarts Legacy 85−90
+2100%
4−5
−2100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 166
+1975%
8−9
−1975%
Counter-Strike 2 210−220
+2030%
10−11
−2030%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+2075%
4−5
−2075%
Far Cry 5 118
+2260%
5−6
−2260%
Fortnite 285
+1936%
14−16
−1936%
Forza Horizon 4 140
+2233%
6−7
−2233%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+2240%
5−6
−2240%
Hogwarts Legacy 85−90
+2100%
4−5
−2100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 123
+1950%
6−7
−1950%
Valorant 220−230
+2110%
10−11
−2110%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 142
+1929%
7−8
−1929%
Counter-Strike 2 210−220
+2030%
10−11
−2030%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 272
+2167%
12−14
−2167%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+2075%
4−5
−2075%
Dota 2 102
+1940%
5−6
−1940%
Far Cry 5 113
+2160%
5−6
−2160%
Fortnite 199
+2111%
9−10
−2111%
Forza Horizon 4 137
+2183%
6−7
−2183%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+2240%
5−6
−2240%
Grand Theft Auto V 119
+2280%
5−6
−2280%
Hogwarts Legacy 85−90
+2100%
4−5
−2100%
Metro Exodus 74
+2367%
3−4
−2367%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 113
+2160%
5−6
−2160%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+2367%
3−4
−2367%
Valorant 220−230
+2110%
10−11
−2110%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 123
+1950%
6−7
−1950%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+2075%
4−5
−2075%
Dota 2 100
+2400%
4−5
−2400%
Far Cry 5 104
+1980%
5−6
−1980%
Forza Horizon 4 112
+2140%
5−6
−2140%
Hogwarts Legacy 85−90
+2100%
4−5
−2100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 97
+2325%
4−5
−2325%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 81
+1925%
4−5
−1925%
Valorant 220−230
+2110%
10−11
−2110%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 146
+1986%
7−8
−1986%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+2300%
4−5
−2300%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 260−270
+2067%
12−14
−2067%
Grand Theft Auto V 72
+2300%
3−4
−2300%
Metro Exodus 45
+2150%
2−3
−2150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+2088%
8−9
−2088%
Valorant 250−260
+2008%
12−14
−2008%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 98
+2350%
4−5
−2350%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+2050%
2−3
−2050%
Far Cry 5 77
+2467%
3−4
−2467%
Forza Horizon 4 93
+2225%
4−5
−2225%
Hogwarts Legacy 45−50
+2150%
2−3
−2150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
+2300%
3−4
−2300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 95
+2275%
4−5
−2275%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+2100%
2−3
−2100%
Grand Theft Auto V 74
+2367%
3−4
−2367%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Metro Exodus 28
+2700%
1−2
−2700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 56
+2700%
2−3
−2700%
Valorant 220−230
+2180%
10−11
−2180%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 53
+2550%
2−3
−2550%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+2100%
2−3
−2100%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22 0−1
Dota 2 129
+2050%
6−7
−2050%
Far Cry 5 42
+2000%
2−3
−2000%
Forza Horizon 4 65
+2067%
3−4
−2067%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 34
+3300%
1−2
−3300%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 46
+2200%
2−3
−2200%

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

  • GTX 1080 is 2017% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1080 is 2467% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1080 is 2850% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 37.51 1.86
Recency 27 May 2016 1 February 2011
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 65 Watt

GTX 1080 has a 1916.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

GT 440, on the other hand, has a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 176.9% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1080 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 440 in performance tests.

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