P106-100 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

Place in the ranking	718	326
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	9.76
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Surface Book	GP106
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	1 October 2015 (9 years ago)	19 June 2017 (7 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	1280
Core clock speed	954 MHz	1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	1709 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	136.7
Floating-point processing power	no data	4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	48
TMUs	no data	80

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).

Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	250 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	192.2 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 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 compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.2.131
CUDA	+	6.1

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 HD

−329%

120−130
+329%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −350%	45−50 +350%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −350%	90−95 +350%
Fortnite	21−24 −352%	95−100 +352%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −341%	75−80 +341%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −355%	150−160 +355%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −358%	55−60 +358%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −350%	45−50 +350%
Dota 2	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −350%	90−95 +350%
Fortnite	21−24 −352%	95−100 +352%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −341%	75−80 +341%
Grand Theft Auto V	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −338%	35−40 +338%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −355%	150−160 +355%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −358%	55−60 +358%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −323%	55−60 +323%
World of Tanks	60−65 −344%	280−290 +344%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −350%	45−50 +350%
Dota 2	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −350%	90−95 +350%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −341%	75−80 +341%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −355%	150−160 +355%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −323%	55−60 +323%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

21−24

−352%

95−100
+352%

1440p
High Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−350%

9−10
+350%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −338%	35−40 +338%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

7−8
−329%

30−33

+329%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −338%	70−75 +338%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −338%	70−75 +338%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Dota 2	16−18 −338%	70−75 +338%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−11 −350%	45−50 +350%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

2−3

−350%

9−10
+350%

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and P106-100 compete in popular games:

P106-100 is 329% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.65	16.80
Recency	1 October 2015	19 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	16 nm

P106-100 has a 360.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The P106-100 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 card while P106-100 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.