ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and Mobility Radeon HD 3670, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) outperforms ATI Mobility HD 3670 by a whopping 724% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 765 | 1300 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 1.04 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | Surface Book | M86 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 October 2015 (9 years ago) | 7 January 2008 (17 years ago) |
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 cores | 384 | 120 |
| Core clock speed | 954 MHz | 680 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 993 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 378 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 5.440 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.1632 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 4 |
| TMUs | no data | 8 |
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).
| Laptop size | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 25.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 Connectors | no data | No outputs |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | no data | N/A |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| 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 | 28
+833%
| 3−4
−833%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
+1200%
|
1−2
−1200%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−11
+900%
|
1−2
−900%
|
| Fortnite | 18−20
+850%
|
2−3
−850%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
+325%
|
4−5
−325%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
+114%
|
7−8
−114%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
+1200%
|
1−2
−1200%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 60−65
+320%
|
14−16
−320%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
+220%
|
10−11
−220%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−11
+900%
|
1−2
−900%
|
| Fortnite | 18−20
+850%
|
2−3
−850%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
+325%
|
4−5
−325%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 10−11
+900%
|
1−2
−900%
|
| Metro Exodus | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
+114%
|
7−8
−114%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
+120%
|
5−6
−120%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
+1200%
|
1−2
−1200%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
+220%
|
10−11
−220%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−11
+900%
|
1−2
−900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
+325%
|
4−5
−325%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
+114%
|
7−8
−114%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
+120%
|
5−6
−120%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 18−20
+850%
|
2−3
−850%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 24−27
+2500%
|
1−2
−2500%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3 | 0−1 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
+700%
|
1−2
−700%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 7−8 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18
+6.7%
|
14−16
−6.7%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Dota 2 | 10−11
+900%
|
1−2
−900%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
+100%
|
2−3
−100%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 4−5
+100%
|
2−3
−100%
|
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| God of War | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| God of War | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| God of War | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| God of War | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Valorant | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and ATI Mobility HD 3670 compete in popular games:
- Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is 833% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is 2500% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) performs better in 16 tests (53%)
- there's a draw in 14 tests (47%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.38 | 0.41 |
| Recency | 1 October 2015 | 7 January 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 55 nm |
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) has a 724.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.
The Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3670 in performance tests.
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