Radeon 820M vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and Radeon 820M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
2015
1 GB GDDR5
3.34

820M outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) by a considerable 46% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
Radeon 820M Radeon 820M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking780672
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)RDNA 3+ (2024)
GPU code nameSurface BookKrackan Point
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 October 2015 (10 years ago)2 June 2024 (1 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 cores384128
Core clock speed954 MHzno data
Boost clock speed993 MHz2900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm

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

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed5012 MHz7500 MHz
Shared memory-+
Resizable BAR-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectXDirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0no data
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 HD28
−42.9%
40−45
+42.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Fortnite 18−20
−57.9%
30−33
+57.9%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−35.3%
21−24
+35.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
−26.7%
18−20
+26.7%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 60−65
−36.5%
85−90
+36.5%
Dota 2 30−35
−40.6%
45−50
+40.6%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Fortnite 18−20
−57.9%
30−33
+57.9%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−35.3%
21−24
+35.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 10−11
−70%
16−18
+70%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
−26.7%
18−20
+26.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Dota 2 30−35
−40.6%
45−50
+40.6%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−35.3%
21−24
+35.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
−26.7%
18−20
+26.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 18−20
−57.9%
30−33
+57.9%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 24−27
−46.2%
35−40
+46.2%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%

1440p
Ultra

Far Cry 5 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Valorant 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Valorant 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Valorant 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

4K
High

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Valorant 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 0−1 0−1

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and Radeon 820M compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 820M is 43% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon 820M is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon 820M performs better in 30 tests (54%)
  • there's a draw in 26 tests (46%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 3.34 4.89
Recency 1 October 2015 2 June 2024
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm

Radeon 820M has a 46.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 820M is our recommended choice as it beats the Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) in performance tests.

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