GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile vs GRID M40

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking671not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.90no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGM107GB203
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date18 May 2016 (8 years ago)2025

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 cores3848192
Core clock speed1033 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz2000 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate33.06512.0
Floating-point processing power0.7933 TFLOPS32.77 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs32256
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Coresno data64

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 5.0 x16
Width2-slotno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1300 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth83.2 GB/s1.01 TB/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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA5.010.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 175 Watt

GRID M40 has 250% lower power consumption.

RTX 5080 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GRID M40 and GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GRID M40 is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile is a notebook one.


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