NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
VS
ATI Radeon HD 4870
NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
VS
ATI Radeon HD 4870

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 and ATI Radeon HD 4870. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

728
Place in performance rating
561
12.66
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Fermi
Architecture
TeraScale
GF108
Code name
RV770
Desktop
Type
Desktop
1 February 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
25 June 2008 (13 years ago)
$79
Launch price (MSRP)
$299
$126 (1.6x MSRP)
Price now
$191 (0.6x MSRP)
0.36
Value for money
0.83
GF108
GPU code name
RV770
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

96
Pipelines
800
810 MHz
Core clock speed
750 MHz
585 million
Transistor count
956 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
65 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
13.0 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
30.00
311.04 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,200.0 gflops
98 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
96
CUDA cores
no data
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
800
585 million
Number of transistors
956 million
65 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 and ATI Radeon HD 4870.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
5.7" (14.5 cm)
Length
250 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory clock speed
3600 MHz
28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)
Memory bandwidth
115.2 GB/s
1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
Standard memory config per GPU
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 and ATI Radeon HD 4870, the size and number of monitors.

HDMIVGADual Link DVI
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
+
Multi monitor support
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 and ATI Radeon HD 4870. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
4.2
OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 or ATI Radeon HD 4870 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
ATI Radeon HD 4870
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
ATI Radeon HD 4870
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
ATI Radeon HD 4870
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
ATI Radeon HD 4870
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
ATI Radeon HD 4870
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

Cheaper ($126 (1.6x MSRP) vs $191 (0.6x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 55 nm)

Less power consumption (65 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 4870

2.32% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (800 vs 96)

More memory bandwidth (115.2 GB/s vs 28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5))

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 or ATI Radeon HD 4870?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend ATI Radeon HD 4870 .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 versus ATI Radeon HD 4870 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score ATI Radeon HD 4870