Radeon 780M vs GRID M40

Place in the ranking	742	359
Place by popularity	not in top-100	41
Power efficiency	6.08	84.47
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2026)
GPU code name	GM107	Phoenix
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	768
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	2900 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	139.2
Floating-point processing power	0.7933 TFLOPS	8.909 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	32	48
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	12
L0 Cache	no data	192 KB
L1 Cache	192 KB	256 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	8−9 −338%	35 +338%
1440p	5−6 −340%	22 +340%
4K	3−4 −333%	13 +333%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	119 +0%	119 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	39 +0%	39 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	82 +0%	82 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	31 +0%	31 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry 5	45 +0%	45 +0%
Fortnite	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	65 +0%	65 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Valorant	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	39 +0%	39 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	24 +0%	24 +0%
Dota 2	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry 5	41 +0%	41 +0%
Fortnite	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	60 +0%	60 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	45 +0%	45 +0%
Metro Exodus	29 +0%	29 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	47 +0%	47 +0%
Valorant	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	23 +0%	23 +0%
Dota 2	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry 5	39 +0%	39 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30 +0%	30 +0%
Valorant	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

90−95

+0%

90−95

+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	27 +0%	27 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	18 +0%	18 +0%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Valorant	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	16 +0%	16 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry 5	27 +0%	27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20 +0%	20 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

35−40

+0%

35−40

+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	6 +0%	6 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	21 +0%	21 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	15 +0%	15 +0%
Valorant	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6 +0%	6 +0%
Dota 2	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry 5	12 +0%	12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

16−18

+0%

16−18

+0%

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

Radeon 780M is 338% faster in 1080p
Radeon 780M is 340% faster in 1440p
Radeon 780M is 333% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.94	16.43
Recency	18 May 2016	31 January 2024
Chip lithography	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt

Radeon 780M has a 317% 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 graphics card while Radeon 780M is a desktop one.