Radeon RX 9070 GRE vs GRID M40
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GRID M40 with Radeon RX 9070 GRE, including specs and performance data.
RX 9070 GRE outperforms GRID M40 by a whopping 1104% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 711 | 72 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 48.52 |
| Power efficiency | 6.09 | 16.68 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | RDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | GM107 | Navi 48 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 18 May 2016 (9 years ago) | 8 May 2025 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $549 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 3072 |
| Core clock speed | 1033 MHz | 1420 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | 2790 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | 53,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 220 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 33.06 | 535.7 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.7933 TFLOPS | 34.28 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 96 |
| TMUs | 32 | 192 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 96 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 48 |
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 5.0 x16 |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 8-pin |
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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1300 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 83.2 GB/s | 432.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK 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 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 5.0 | - |
| DLSS | - | + |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.02 | 48.40 |
| Recency | 18 May 2016 | 8 May 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 220 Watt |
GRID M40 has 340% lower power consumption.
RX 9070 GRE, on the other hand, has a 1104% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon RX 9070 GRE 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 RX 9070 GRE is a desktop one.
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