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

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) with Quadro P4200, including specs and performance data.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
2015
1 GB GDDR5
3.70

P4200 outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) by a whopping 582% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking716217
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data17.40
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameSurface BookGP104
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date1 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 cores3842304
Core clock speed954 MHz1227 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHz1647 MHz
Number of transistorsno data7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data100 Watt
Texture fill rateno data237.2
Floating-point processing powerno data7.589 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data144

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 sizeno datalarge
Interfaceno dataMXM-B (3.0)
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.3 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 Connectorsno dataNo 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.

DirectXDirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.012 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
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 HD28
−579%
190−200
+579%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
−670%
75−80
+670%
Far Cry 5 20−22
−550%
130−140
+550%
Fortnite 21−24
−567%
140−150
+567%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−553%
110−120
+553%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−567%
220−230
+567%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−358%
55−60
+358%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
−670%
75−80
+670%
Dota 2 10−12
−691%
85−90
+691%
Far Cry 5 20−22
−285%
75−80
+285%
Fortnite 21−24
−500%
120−130
+500%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−553%
110−120
+553%
Grand Theft Auto V 10−12
−682%
85−90
+682%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−725%
65−70
+725%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−379%
150−160
+379%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−358%
55−60
+358%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−531%
80−85
+531%
World of Tanks 60−65
−305%
250−260
+305%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
−670%
75−80
+670%
Dota 2 10−12
−691%
85−90
+691%
Far Cry 5 20−22
−285%
75−80
+285%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−553%
110−120
+553%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−379%
150−160
+379%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−554%
85−90
+554%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 21−24
−567%
140−150
+567%

1440p
High Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1050%
21−24
+1050%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−1175%
50−55
+1175%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−825%
70−75
+825%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−1575%
65−70
+1575%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 7−8
−543%
45−50
+543%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−175%
40−45
+175%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−700%
16−18
+700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−175%
40−45
+175%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−767%
24−27
+767%
Dota 2 16−18
−175%
40−45
+175%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−750%
30−35
+750%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−1850%
35−40
+1850%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
−550%
65−70
+550%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Valorant 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Valorant 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Valorant 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
World of Tanks 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Valorant 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Dota 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Fortnite 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Valorant 30−35
+0%
30−35
+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 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Quadro P4200 is 1850% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Quadro P4200 is ahead in 30 tests (47%)
  • there's a draw in 34 tests (53%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.70 25.23
Recency 1 October 2015 21 February 2018
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm

Quadro P4200 has a 581.9% 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.


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NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
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