Arc B580 vs GRID M40

Place in the ranking	675	107
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	93.02
Power efficiency	6.11	14.63
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Xe2 (2025)
GPU code name	GM107	BMG-G21
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	18 May 2016 (8 years ago)	16 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

no data

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	2560
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	2670 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	2670 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	190 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.06	427.2
Floating-point processing power	0.7933 TFLOPS	13.67 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	80
TMUs	32	160
Tensor Cores	no data	160
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20

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	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	272 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1300 MHz	2375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	83.2 GB/s	456.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK compatibility

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	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.4
CUDA	5.0	-
DLSS	-	+

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	12−14 −942%	125 +942%
1440p	7−8 −900%	70 +900%
4K	4−5 −950%	42 +950%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	1.99
1440p	no data	3.56
4K	no data	5.93

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2

143

+0%

143

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	117 +0%	117 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Valorant	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	104 +0%	104 +0%
Dota 2	140 +0%	140 +0%
Far Cry 5	69 +0%	69 +0%
Fortnite	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	36 +0%	36 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Valorant	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
World of Tanks	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	95 +0%	95 +0%
Far Cry 5	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Valorant	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Dota 2	69 +0%	69 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
World of Tanks	250−260 +0%	250−260 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Far Cry 5	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Valorant	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Dota 2	78 +0%	78 +0%
Metro Exodus	46 +0%	46 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	14 +0%	14 +0%
Far Cry 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Fortnite	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Valorant	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

This is how GRID M40 and Arc B580 compete in popular games:

Arc B580 is 942% faster in 1080p
Arc B580 is 900% faster in 1440p
Arc B580 is 950% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 45 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.29	39.05
Recency	18 May 2016	16 January 2025
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	190 Watt

GRID M40 has 280% lower power consumption.

Arc B580, on the other hand, has a 810.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc B580 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 B580 is a desktop one.