Arc B570 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking712not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Generation 12.7 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameSurface BookBGM-G21
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 October 2015 (9 years ago)12 December 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$219

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 cores3842304
Core clock speed954 MHz1700 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHz2500 MHz
Number of transistorsno data19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data150 Watt
Texture fill rateno data360.0
Floating-point processing powerno data11.52 TFLOPS
ROPsno data80
TMUsno data144
Tensor Coresno data144
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data272 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB10 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz2400 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data384.0 GB/s
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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2015 12 December 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

Arc B570 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and Arc B570. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is a notebook card while Arc B570 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
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