GRID M40 vs GeForce GTX 275

Place in the ranking	711	671
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.33	no data
Power efficiency	1.18	6.15
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	GT200B	GM107
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	15 January 2009 (15 years ago)	18 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	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	240	384
Core clock speed	633 MHz	1033 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1000 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	219 Watt	50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	50.64	33.06
Floating-point processing power	0.6739 TFLOPS	0.7933 TFLOPS
ROPs	28	16
TMUs	80	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).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	448 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1134 MHz	1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth	127.0 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	Two Dual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	3.0	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	+	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	3.59	4.26
Recency	15 January 2009	18 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	8 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	219 Watt	50 Watt

GRID M40 has a 18.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 814.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 338% lower power consumption.

The GRID M40 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 275 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 275 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.