GRID M40 vs Quadro P400

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P400 and GRID M40, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro P400
2017
2 GB GDDR5, 30 Watt
4.26

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking672671
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.10no data
Power efficiency10.146.09
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGP107GM107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date7 February 2017 (7 years ago)18 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$119.99 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 cores256384
Core clock speed1228 MHz1033 MHz
Boost clock speed1252 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate20.0333.06
Floating-point processing power0.641 TFLOPS0.7933 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs1632

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth32.06 GB/s83.2 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 Connectors3x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA6.15.0

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


Recency 7 February 2017 18 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 50 Watt

Quadro P400 has an age advantage of 8 months, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

GRID M40, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Quadro P400 and GRID M40.


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