NVIDIA GRID M40
VS
AMD Radeon R9 390X
NVIDIA GRID M40
VS
AMD Radeon R9 390X

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GRID M40  vs  AMD Radeon R9 390X.

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Place in performance rating
138
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Value for money (0-100)
18.93
Maxwell
Architecture
GCN
GM107
Code name
Grenada
Workstation
Type
Desktop
18 May 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
16 June 2015 (6 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$429
$353
Price now
$750 (1.7x MSRP)
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Design
reference
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Value for money
14.84
GM107
GPU code name
Grenada XT
Workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GRID M40  vs  AMD Radeon R9 390X in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

384
Pipelines
2816
1033 MHz
Core clock speed
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1000 MHz
Boost Clock
1050 MHz
1,870 million
Transistor count
6,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
275 Watt
33.06
Texture fill rate
184.8
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Floating-point performance
5,914 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
1,870 million
Number of transistors
6,200 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
275 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GRID M40 and AMD Radeon R9 390X come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
275 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0
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Bridgeless CrossFire
1

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GRID M40 vs AMD Radeon R9 390X.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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128 Bit
Memory bus width
512 Bit
5200 MHz
Memory clock speed
1050 MHz
83.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
384 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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High bandwidth memory (HBM)
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GRID M40 vs AMD Radeon R9 390X.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
+
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Number of Eyefinity displays
6
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
+
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TrueAudio
+
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ZeroCore
-
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VCE
+
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DDMA audio
+
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Enduro
-

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GRID M40 and AMD Radeon R9 390X is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
+
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Shader Model
6.3
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OpenCL
2.0
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Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GRID M40 and AMD Radeon R9 390X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GRID M40 or AMD Radeon R9 390X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GRID M40
AMD Radeon R9 390X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GRID M40
AMD Radeon R9 390X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GRID M40
AMD Radeon R9 390X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GRID M40
AMD Radeon R9 390X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GRID M40
AMD Radeon R9 390X
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GRID M40

Cheaper ($353 vs $750 (1.7x MSRP))

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 275 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 390X

43.87% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2816 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (384 GB/s vs 83.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GRID M40 or AMD Radeon R9 390X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 390X .

NVIDIA GRID M40 versus AMD Radeon R9 390X performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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318024 (100 %)

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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User rating

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4.4 Out of 70 Hitesti Score