Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) vs GeForce GTX 295

Place in performance ranking	717	678
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.17	no data
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	GT200B	Surface Book
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	8 January 2009 (15 years ago)	1 October 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$500	no data
Current price	$200 (0.4x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	240	384
CUDA cores	480	no data
CUDA cores per GPU	240	no data
Core clock speed	576 MHz	954 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	993 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	289 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion/sec	no data
Floating-point performance	2x 596.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 295 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	no data
SLI options	+	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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1792 MB	1 GB
Standard memory config per GPU	896 MB	no data
Memory bus width	896 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	999 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth	223.8 GB/s	no data
Memory interface width per GPU	448 Bit	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

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 DVIHDMI	no data
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)	128bit	no data
Optimus	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
CUDA	+	+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

21−24

−33.3%

28
+33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −12.5%	18−20 +12.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −12.5%	18−20 +12.5%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −12.5%	18−20 +12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%