Arc B390 vs GRID M40

Place in the ranking	756	300
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.14	20.75
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Xe3-LPG (2026)
GPU code name	GM107	Panther Lake
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	18 May 2016 (10 years ago)	27 January 2026 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	1536
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	2500 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.06	120.0
Floating-point processing power	0.7933 TFLOPS	7.68 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	24
TMUs	32	48
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	12
L1 Cache	192 KB	768 KB
L2 Cache	2 MB	16 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1300 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	83.2 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.9
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.4
CUDA	5.0	-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	10−12 −470%	57 +470%
1440p	6−7 −500%	36 +500%
4K	4−5 −500%	24 +500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Palworld	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry 5	87 +0%	87 +0%
Fortnite	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Palworld	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Valorant	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	27 +0%	27 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry 5	79 +0%	79 +0%
Fortnite	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	73 +0%	73 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Palworld	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	107 +0%	107 +0%
Valorant	149 +0%	149 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry 5	73 +0%	73 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	47 +0%	47 +0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Palworld	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	41 +0%	41 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	31 +0%	31 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Valorant	96 +0%	96 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	53 +0%	53 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Palworld	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	18 +0%	18 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Valorant	45 +0%	45 +0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Palworld	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

This is how GRID M40 and Arc B390 compete in popular games:

Arc B390 is 470% faster in 1080p
Arc B390 is 500% faster in 1440p
Arc B390 is 500% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 58 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.97	21.46
Recency	18 May 2016	27 January 2026
Chip lithography	28 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	80 Watt

GRID M40 has 60% lower power consumption.

Arc B390, on the other hand, has a 441% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 833% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc B390 is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID M40 in performance tests.

Be aware that GRID M40 is a workstation graphics card while Arc B390 is a notebook one.