GeForce GT 635M vs GRID M40

Place in performance ranking	640	947
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.40	0.26
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GM107	N13E-GE2
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	18 May 2016 (8 years ago)	6 December 2011 (12 years ago)
Current price	$484	$55

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GRID M40 has 54% better value for money than GT 635M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	144
CUDA cores	no data	Up to 144
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	Up to 675 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	753 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.06	Up to 16.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	no data	253.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GRID M40 and GeForce GT 635M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	no data	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Width	2-slot	no data

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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	Up to 192bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	83.2 GB/s	Up to 43.2 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	No outputs
HDMI	no data	+
HDCP	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	Up to 2048x1536

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	no data	+
Optimus	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 API
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
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

70−75
+180%

−180%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.26	1.45
Recency	18 May 2016	6 December 2011
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	35 Watt