GRID M40 vs RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell
Aggregate performance score
We've compared RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell and GRID M40, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell outperforms GRID M40 by a whopping 761% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 162 | 722 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 37.31 | 6.06 |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) | Maxwell (2014−2017) |
| GPU code name | GB206 | GM107 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 11 August 2025 (recently) | 18 May 2016 (9 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4352 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 790 MHz | 1033 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1950 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 21,900 million | 1,870 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 70 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 265.2 | 33.06 |
| Floating-point processing power | 16.97 TFLOPS | 0.7933 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 16 |
| TMUs | 136 | 32 |
| Tensor Cores | 136 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 34 | no data |
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 5.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 167 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-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 | GDDR7 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1125 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s | 83.2 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
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 | 4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1b | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | 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 | 34.28 | 3.98 |
| Recency | 11 August 2025 | 18 May 2016 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 70 Watt | 50 Watt |
RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell has a 761.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.
GRID M40, on the other hand, has 40% lower power consumption.
The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID M40 in performance tests.
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