Arc Pro B60 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) with Arc Pro B60, including specs and performance data.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
2015
1 GB GDDR5
3.20

Pro B60 outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) by a whopping 824% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking775197
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data32.79
Power efficiencyno data11.92
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Xe2 (2024)
GPU code nameSurface BookBMG-G21
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 October 2015 (10 years ago)5 September 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

no data

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores3842560
Core clock speed954 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHz2400 MHz
Number of transistorsno data19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data200 Watt
Texture fill rateno data384.0
Floating-point processing powerno data12.29 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data20
L2 Cacheno data4 MB

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 5.0 x8
Lengthno data167 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 GB24 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz2375 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data456.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno data4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API and SDK support

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-1.4
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 HD28
−793%
250−260
+793%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.00

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 12−14
−823%
120−130
+823%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−800%
90−95
+800%
Fortnite 18−20
−795%
170−180
+795%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−782%
150−160
+782%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
−767%
130−140
+767%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 12−14
−823%
120−130
+823%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 60−65
−773%
550−600
+773%
Dota 2 30−35
−806%
290−300
+806%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−800%
90−95
+800%
Fortnite 18−20
−795%
170−180
+795%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−782%
150−160
+782%
Grand Theft Auto V 10−11
−800%
90−95
+800%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−817%
55−60
+817%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
−767%
130−140
+767%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−809%
100−105
+809%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 12−14
−823%
120−130
+823%
Dota 2 30−35
−806%
290−300
+806%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−800%
90−95
+800%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−782%
150−160
+782%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
−767%
130−140
+767%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−809%
100−105
+809%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 18−20
−795%
170−180
+795%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 24−27
−823%
240−250
+823%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%

1440p
Ultra

Far Cry 5 6−7
−817%
55−60
+817%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−775%
70−75
+775%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 6−7
−817%
55−60
+817%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−775%
140−150
+775%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 10−11
−800%
90−95
+800%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and Arc Pro B60 compete in popular games:

  • Arc Pro B60 is 793% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.20 29.58
Recency 1 October 2015 5 September 2025
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

Arc Pro B60 has a 824.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc Pro B60 is our recommended choice as it beats the Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) in performance tests.

Be aware that Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is a notebook graphics card while Arc Pro B60 is a workstation one.

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NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
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