GeForce GT 440 vs Radeon R9 M270X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GT 440 and Radeon R9 M270X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GT 440 and Radeon R9 M270X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 440 Radeon R9 M270X
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs
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  • GeForce GT 440 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M270X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GT 440 has 508 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M270X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GT 440 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 M270X - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GT 440 is 895 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M270X.
  • GeForce GT 440 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M270X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GT 440 is 475 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M270X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 6−7
ultra / 1080p 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 16−18
medium / 1080p 0−1 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M270X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1600% more, than GeForce GT 440.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 440 Radeon R9 M270X
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name GF108 Venus
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 1 February 2011 21 March 2014
Pipelines 96 640
Core clock speed 1620 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 775 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 13.0 billion/sec 31.00
Floating-point performance 311.04 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3) 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.2 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 96
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 20 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 10
Standard memory config per GPU 1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
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