Radeon E8870 MXM vs GRID M40
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 748 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 6.10 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | GM107 | Saturn |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 18 May 2016 (10 years ago) | 29 September 2015 (10 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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 1033 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | 2,080 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 33.06 | 48.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.7933 TFLOPS | 1.536 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 | 48 |
| L1 Cache | 192 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 256 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1300 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 83.2 GB/s | 96 GB/s |
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 | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 (6.0) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.170 |
| CUDA | 5.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 May 2016 | 29 September 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 75 Watt |
GRID M40 has an age advantage of 7 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 50% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GRID M40 and Radeon E8870 MXM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GRID M40 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon E8870 MXM is a notebook one.
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