GRID M40 vs GeForce 945A
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce 945A with GRID M40, including specs and performance data.
945A outperforms GRID M40 by a moderate 13% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 633 | 671 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 10.49 | 6.15 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | Maxwell (2014−2017) |
| GPU code name | GM108 | GM107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 13 March 2015 (9 years ago) | 18 May 2016 (8 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 | 384 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 1006 MHz | 1033 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1189 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,870 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 33 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.54 | 33.06 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.9132 TFLOPS | 0.7933 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 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 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
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 | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1253 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 40.1 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 | No outputs | No outputs |
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 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | 5.0 | 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 | 4.80 | 4.26 |
| Recency | 13 March 2015 | 18 May 2016 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 33 Watt | 50 Watt |
GeForce 945A has a 12.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 51.5% lower power consumption.
GRID M40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount.
The GeForce 945A is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID M40 in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce 945A is a notebook 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.
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