I am confused - but what is new about that?

I am trying to use Sheldon Brown's gear calculator to get an idea about how the gearing will differ between my Gunnar and my LHT.

My LHT has a 48-36-26 165mm crank with an 11-34 cassette.

My Gunner will have a 22-32-44 170mm crank with an 11-34 cassette.

When I look at the gear inches from Sheldon Brown's gear calculator for both bikes I get confused by the following:

LHT = the 23-34 gear gives me 19.9 gear inches

Gunner = the 44-34 gear gives me 33.6 gear inches


What is this actually telling me - that the Gunner, with the full mountain drive-train, will get me further in the easiest gear over the LHT granny gear? If I understand this correctly then I can make sense out of the rest of the table. I think....

I am not looking for a total understanding, just an idea of how to interpret the numbers I am seeing.