GeForce GT 440 Mac Edition vs Radeon R9 M290X

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking563not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.87no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameNeptuneGF108
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date9 January 2014 (11 years ago)9 February 2011 (14 years ago)

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 cores128096
Compute units20no data
Core clock speed850 MHz810 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate72.0012.96
Floating-point processing power2.304 TFLOPS0.311 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs8016
L1 Cache320 KB128 KB
L2 Cache512 KB256 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz667 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s21.34 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity+-
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (11_0)
Shader Model6.5 (5.1)5.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed1.1
Vulkan-N/A
Mantle+-
CUDA-2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 January 2014 9 February 2011
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 65 Watt

R9 M290X has an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GT 440 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 53.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M290X and GeForce GT 440 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M290X is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GT 440 Mac Edition is a desktop one.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Radeon R9 M290X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 Mac Edition
GeForce GT 440 Mac Edition

Other comparisons

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3 13 votes

Rate Radeon R9 M290X on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3 2 votes

Rate GeForce GT 440 Mac Edition on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Comments

Here you can give us your opinion about Radeon R9 M290X or GeForce GT 440 Mac Edition, agree or disagree with our ratings, or report errors or inaccuracies on the site.