Quadro FX 880M vs GRID M40

Place in the ranking	740	1267
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.08	1.23
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	GM107	GT216
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	18 May 2016 (9 years ago)	7 January 2010 (15 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 cores	384	48
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	550 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	486 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.06	8.800
Floating-point processing power	0.7933 TFLOPS	0.1162 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	32	16
L1 Cache	192 KB	no data
L2 Cache	2 MB	64 KB

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).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1300 MHz	790 MHz
Memory bandwidth	83.2 GB/s	25.28 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	5.0	1.2

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

140−150
+600%

−600%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Valorant	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Valorant	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Valorant	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Escape from Tarkov	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

This is how GRID M40 and FX 880M compete in popular games:

GRID M40 is 600% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 29 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.96	0.56
Recency	18 May 2016	7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	35 Watt

GRID M40 has a 607.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

FX 880M, on the other hand, has 42.9% lower power consumption.

The GRID M40 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 880M in performance tests.

Be aware that GRID M40 is a workstation graphics card while Quadro FX 880M is a mobile workstation one.