Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Place in performance ranking	77	673
Place by popularity	19	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	29.50	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	Turing TU106	Surface Book
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	2 July 2019 (5 years ago)	1 October 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data
Current price	$374 (0.9x 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	2176	384
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	954 MHz
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	993 MHz
Number of transistors	10,800 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	224.4	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 2060 Super and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 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 3.0 x16	no data
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	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	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	no data
HDMI	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	no data	+
VR Ready	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 (FL 11_0)
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data
CUDA	7.5	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 2060 Super 42.88
+1062%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 3.69

GeForce RTX 2060 Super outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book by 1062% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 2060 Super 29637
+1050%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 2577

GeForce RTX 2060 Super outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book by 1050% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 2060 Super 21970
+959%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 2076

GeForce RTX 2060 Super outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book by 959% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 2060 Super 119831
+953%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 11380

GeForce RTX 2060 Super outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book by 953% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RTX 2060 Super 487878
+295%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 123411

GeForce RTX 2060 Super outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book by 295% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

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	118 +436%	22 −436%
1440p	69 +1280%	5−6 −1280%
4K	45 +1400%	3−4 −1400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	101	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	81	no data
Battlefield 5	163	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	102	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	79	no data
Far Cry 5	130	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	144	no data
Forza Horizon 4	152	no data
Hitman 3	94	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	231	no data
Metro Exodus	144	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	122	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	228	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	104	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	85	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	68	no data
Battlefield 5	150	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	71	no data
Far Cry 5	108	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	106	no data
Forza Horizon 4	271	no data
Hitman 3	77	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	293	no data
Metro Exodus	132	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	121	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	184	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	163	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	216	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	61	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	61	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	71	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	62	no data
Far Cry 5	74	no data
Forza Horizon 4	120	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	131	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	156	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	59	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

114

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	96	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	114	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	52	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	47 +1075%	4−5 −1075%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	40	no data
Far Cry 5	88	no data
Forza Horizon 4	98	no data
Hitman 3	58	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	99	no data
Metro Exodus	87 +1143%	7−8 −1143%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	114 +1167%	9−10 −1167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	44	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	47	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	41	no data
Hitman 3	39 +1200%	3−4 −1200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	38	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	59 +1080%	5−6 −1080%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	29	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	19	no data
Far Cry 5	30	no data
Forza Horizon 4	67	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	56	no data
Metro Exodus	49	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	25	no data