Radeon 780M vs GRID M40

Place in the ranking	671	305
Place by popularity	not in top-100	48
Power efficiency	6.11	84.09
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GM107	Hawx Point
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	18 May 2016 (8 years ago)	6 December 2023 (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	768
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	2700 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.06	129.6
Floating-point processing power	0.7933 TFLOPS	8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	32	48
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	12

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	no data
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

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

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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	8−9 −338%	35 +338%
1440p	4−5 −325%	17 +325%
4K	3−4 −367%	14 +367%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	32 +0%	32 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	39 +0%	39 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	32 +0%	32 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	15 +0%	15 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	65 +0%	65 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Metro Exodus	44 +0%	44 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Valorant	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	25 +0%	25 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	12 +0%	12 +0%
Dota 2	29 +0%	29 +0%
Far Cry 5	32 +0%	32 +0%
Fortnite	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	54 +0%	54 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	45 +0%	45 +0%
Metro Exodus	32 +0%	32 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Valorant	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
World of Tanks	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	22 +0%	22 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	12 +0%	12 +0%
Dota 2	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	46 +0%	46 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Valorant	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	18 +0%	18 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	19 +0%	19 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
World of Tanks	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	16 +0%	16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	32 +0%	32 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Metro Exodus	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20 +0%	20 +0%
Valorant	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Dota 2	21 +0%	21 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	21 +0%	21 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21 +0%	21 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Dota 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Fortnite	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	17 +0%	17 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

This is how GRID M40 and Radeon 780M compete in popular games:

Radeon 780M is 338% faster in 1080p
Radeon 780M is 325% faster in 1440p
Radeon 780M is 367% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 64 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.43	18.29
Recency	18 May 2016	6 December 2023
Chip lithography	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt

Radeon 780M has a 312.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 600% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 780M is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID M40 in performance tests.

Be aware that GRID M40 is a workstation card while Radeon 780M is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.