GeForce GT 440 1.5GB vs Radeon HD 4670 1GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 4670 1GB, which features a core clock speed of 750 MHz and a GDDR4/GDDR3/DDR3/DDR2 memory speed of 1100 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 320(64x5) SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		56 Watts
Radeon HD 4670 1GB		70 Watts
	Difference: 14 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB should theoretically be much superior to the Radeon HD 4670 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		43200 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4670 1GB		35200 MB/sec
	Difference: 8000 (23%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4670 1GB should be much (about 68%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 4670 1GB		24000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9744 (68%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 440 1.5GB is much (approximately 138%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4670 1GB, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4670 1GB		6000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8256 (138%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.