GeForce GTX 980MX vs GRID M40

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking740not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.08no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGM107GM204
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date18 May 2016 (9 years ago)1 June 2016 (9 years ago)

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 cores3841664
Core clock speed1033 MHz1050 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1178 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt148 Watt
Texture fill rate33.06122.5
Floating-point processing power0.7933 TFLOPS3.92 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs32104
L1 Cache192 KB624 KB
L2 Cache2 MB2 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1300 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth83.2 GB/s192.0 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA5.05.2

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 148 Watt

GRID M40 has 196% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GRID M40 and GeForce GTX 980MX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GRID M40 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 980MX is a notebook one.

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