GeForce RTX 4090 vs GRID M40

Place in performance ranking	636	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	7
Value for money	0.42	15.02
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	GM107	AD102-300-A1
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	18 May 2016 (7 years ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599
Current price	$484	$1756 (1.1x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4090 has 3476% better value for money than GRID M40.

Technical specs

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	16384
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	450 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.06	1,290

Size and 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 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	2-slot	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

Memory

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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	83.2 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Video outputs and ports

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 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	no data	+

API support

List of supported graphics 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	1.3
CUDA	5.0	8.9

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 −2550%	265 +2550%
1440p	9−10 −2256%	212 +2256%
4K	6−7 −2400%	150 +2400%

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	4.25	100.00
Recency	18 May 2016	20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	450 Watt