GeForce GT 440 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GT 440 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5. 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5. 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.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 440 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • GeForce GT 440 has 511 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • GeForce GT 440 is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GT 440 is build with Fermi architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GT 440 is 666 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • GeForce GT 440 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 3412 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 440.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 9−10
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 21−24
medium / 1080p 0−1 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than GeForce GT 440.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 440 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
Architecture Fermi Maxwell
Code name GF108 Surface Book
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 1 February 2011 1 October 2015
Pipelines 96 384
Core clock speed 1620 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 585 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 13.0 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 311.04 gflops
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3) 5012 MHz
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.2
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA + +
CUDA cores 96
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
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
Optimus +
Standard memory config per GPU 1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
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