Quadro P4200 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

Place in the ranking	713	214
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	17.40
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Surface Book	GP104
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 October 2015 (9 years ago)	21 February 2018 (6 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	2304
Core clock speed	954 MHz	1227 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	1647 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	237.2
Floating-point processing power	no data	7.589 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	64
TMUs	no data	144

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	large
Interface	no data	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	192.3 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

−579%

190−200
+579%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −925%	80−85 +925%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −538%	50−55 +538%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −729%	55−60 +729%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −560%	65−70 +560%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −595%	140−150 +595%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −622%	65−70 +622%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −507%	85−90 +507%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −925%	80−85 +925%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −538%	50−55 +538%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −729%	55−60 +729%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −560%	65−70 +560%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −595%	140−150 +595%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −1333%	85−90 +1333%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −622%	65−70 +622%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −507%	85−90 +507%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −260%	50−55 +260%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −525%	50−55 +525%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −729%	55−60 +729%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −550%	65−70 +550%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −595%	140−150 +595%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −260%	50−55 +260%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −543%	45−50 +543%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −767%	24−27 +767%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −625%	27−30 +625%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −7100%	140−150 +7100%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1600%	30−35 +1600%

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

40−45

+0%

40−45

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Hitman 3	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Hitman 3	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Hitman 3	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

65−70

+0%

65−70

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Hitman 3	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45

+0%

40−45

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Hitman 3	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

+0%

21−24

+0%

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and Quadro P4200 compete in popular games:

Quadro P4200 is 579% faster in 1080p

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Quadro P4200 is 7100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Quadro P4200 is ahead in 28 tests (39%)
there's a draw in 44 tests (61%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.69	25.19
Recency	1 October 2015	21 February 2018
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	16 nm

Quadro P4200 has a 582.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro P4200 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 Quadro P4200 is a mobile workstation one.

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