NVIDIA started CMP 40HX sales 25 February 2021 at a recommended price of $699 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Turing architecture and made with 12 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 GB/s are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 229 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 185 Watt.

Primary Details

Some basic facts about CMP 40HX: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	180
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	49.69
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	TU106
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	25 February 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699
Current price	$152 (0.2x MSRP)	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed Specifications

CMP 40HX's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of CMP 40HX's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	10,800 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	237.6	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Form Factor & Compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of CMP 40HX and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	14 GB/s	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on CMP 40HX. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API Compatibility

APIs supported by CMP 40HX, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	3.0
Vulkan	1.2
CUDA	7.5

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of CMP 40HX. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

CMP 40HX 28.60

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

CMP 40HX 11071

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

CMP 40HX 96821

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

CMP 40HX 68754

Gaming performance

Let's see how good CMP 40HX is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.