GeForce GT 440 vs Radeon HD 7970

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GT 440 and Radeon HD 7970, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GT 440 stacks up against Radeon HD 7970, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 440 Radeon HD 7970
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 300 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7970 has 361% more power consumption, than GeForce GT 440.
  • GeForce GT 440 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7970 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GT 440 has 509 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GT 440 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7970 - with GCN.
  • GeForce GT 440 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7970 is 269 mm longer, than GeForce GT 440.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GT 440 is 225 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 1−2 60−65
medium / 1080p 0−1 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than GeForce GT 440.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 440 Radeon HD 7970
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name GF108 Tahiti XT
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 1 February 2011 22 December 2011
Pipelines 96 2048
Core clock speed 1620 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 13.0 billion/sec 118.4
Floating-point performance 311.04 gflops 3,789 gflops
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 274 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3) 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.2 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 96
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16 PCIe 2.1 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 485 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.71 Mh/s
Standard memory config per GPU 1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
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