GeForce 8800M GTX vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

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Combined performance score

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
3.64
+206%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) outperforms GeForce 8800M GTX by 206% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking6731015
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.08
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code nameSurface BookNB8E-GTX
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 October 2015 (8 years old)19 November 2007 (16 years old)
Current priceno data$160
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores38496
CUDA coresno data96
Core clock speed954 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data754 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data65 Watt
Texture fill rateno data24.00
Floating-point performanceno data240 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and GeForce 8800M GTX compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Interfaceno dataMXM-HE
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI optionsno data+

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data51.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 dataNo outputs

Technologies

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

Optimus+no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.011.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkanno dataN/A
CUDA+1.1

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
+211%
9−10
−211%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Battlefield 5 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Battlefield 5 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12 0−1
Metro Exodus 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Battlefield 5 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 0−1

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 0−1

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and 8800M GTX compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is 211% faster than 8800M GTX

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Far Cry 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is 200% faster than the 8800M GTX.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) surpassed 8800M GTX in all 15 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.64 1.19
Recency 1 October 2015 19 November 2007
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm

The Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800M GTX in performance tests.


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