Graphics card comparison
GeForce GT 440 vs GeForce GT 720
Nvidia
GeForce GT 440
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 1 Feb 2011
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GT 720
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 29 Sep 2014
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GT 440100%
- GeForce GT 720101%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 440
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 720
- 46 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GT 440 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GT 440 | GeForce GT 720 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF108 (GF108-400-A1) | GK208 () |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 116 mm² | 87 mm² |
| Transistors | 585 million | unknown |
| Shaders | 96 | 192 |
| Compute Units | 2 | 1 |
| Core clock | 810 MHz | 797 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GT 440 | GeForce GT 720 |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 440 | GeForce GT 720 |
|---|
| TDP | 65 watts | 19 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Feb 2011 | 29 Sep 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GT 4403.24 GP/s
- GeForce GT 7203.19 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GT 44013.00 GT/s
- GeForce GT 72012.75 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GT 44028.80 GB/s
- GeForce GT 72012.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GT 440311.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GT 720306.05 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GT 4401200
- GeForce GT 7201220
Points (higher is better)