Radeon 740M vs GRID M40

Place in the ranking	742	581
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.08	12.41
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2026)
GPU code name	GM107	Phoenix2
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	18 May 2016 (9 years ago)	31 January 2024 (1 year 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	256
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	2800 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	20,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.06	44.80
Floating-point processing power	0.7933 TFLOPS	2.867 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	32	16
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	4
L0 Cache	no data	64 KB
L1 Cache	192 KB	64 KB
L2 Cache	2 MB	2 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1300 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	83.2 GB/s	no data
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

Motherboard Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
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

10−12

−110%

21
+110%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	73 +0%	73 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	60 +0%	60 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Fortnite	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Valorant	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	26 +0%	26 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Fortnite	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	27 +0%	27 +0%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Valorant	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Valorant	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

45−50

+0%

45−50

+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Valorant	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

14−16

+0%

14−16

+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Valorant	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

7−8

+0%

7−8

+0%

This is how GRID M40 and Radeon 740M compete in popular games:

Radeon 740M is 110% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 61 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.94	7.24
Recency	18 May 2016	31 January 2024
Chip lithography	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	45 Watt

Radeon 740M has a 83.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 600% more advanced lithography process, and 11.1% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 740M is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID M40 in performance tests.

Be aware that GRID M40 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 740M is a desktop one.