GeForce 8600 GTS and GeForce GT 440 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8600 GTS vs GeForce GT 440
GeForce 8600 GTS
153
GeForce GT 440
793
GeForce 8600 GTS
GeForce GT 440
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
G84
GF108
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2007
February 2011
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
675 MHz
810 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
92.8 gflops
311.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
289 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
96
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
65 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
98 °C
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
13.0 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)
Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB
1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMIVGADual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
1.1
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
4.2
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A