Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) with RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
2015
1 GB GDDR5
3.69
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile
2024
4 GB GDDR6, 35 Watt
27.30
+640%

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) by a whopping 640% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking713202
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data53.47
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameSurface BookAD107
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date1 October 2015 (9 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year 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 cores3842048
Core clock speed954 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHz2025 MHz
Number of transistorsno data18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data129.6
Floating-point processing powerno data8.294 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data64
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 datamedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data128.0 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 dataPortable Device Dependent

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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA+8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 3.69
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 27.30
+640%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 2577
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 20239
+685%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 2076
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 14136
+581%

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
−614%
200−210
+614%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−627%
80−85
+627%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−588%
55−60
+588%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−588%
55−60
+588%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−600%
70−75
+600%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−614%
150−160
+614%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−622%
65−70
+622%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−614%
100−105
+614%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−627%
80−85
+627%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−588%
55−60
+588%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−588%
55−60
+588%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−600%
70−75
+600%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−614%
150−160
+614%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−622%
65−70
+622%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−614%
100−105
+614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−633%
110−120
+633%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−627%
80−85
+627%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−588%
55−60
+588%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−600%
70−75
+600%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−614%
150−160
+614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−633%
110−120
+633%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−600%
21−24
+600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−600%
21−24
+600%
Battlefield 5 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−575%
27−30
+575%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−575%
27−30
+575%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Battlefield 5 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile compete in popular games:

  • Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is 614% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.69 27.30
Recency 1 October 2015 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile has a 639.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 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 RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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