GeForce4 MX 440 vs Quadro NVS 320M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	1184	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	G8x (2007−2008)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	G84M	NV17 A3
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	9 June 2007 (17 years ago)	6 February 2002 (22 years ago)
Current price	$66	$30

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	32	no data
Core clock speed	575 MHz	275 MHz
Number of transistors	289 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	9.200	1.100
Floating-point performance	73.6 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro NVS 320M and GeForce4 MX 440 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-HE	AGP 4x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	GDDR3, GDDR2	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB/s	6.4 GB/s
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

No outputs

1x DVI, 1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	8.0
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 June 2007	6 February 2002
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Chip lithography	80 nm	150 nm

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