GRID M40 vs GeForce GT 545

Place in the ranking	782	671
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.33	no data
Power efficiency	2.83	5.90
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	GF116	GM107
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	14 May 2011 (13 years ago)	18 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	144	384
Core clock speed	720 MHz	1033 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1000 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	70 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.28	33.06
Floating-point processing power	0.4147 TFLOPS	0.7933 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	24	32

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	83.2 GB/s

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	2.1	5.0

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	2.86	4.26
Recency	14 May 2011	18 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	70 Watt	50 Watt

GRID M40 has a 49% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.

The GRID M40 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 545 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 545 is a desktop card while GRID M40 is a workstation one.

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