Radeon AI PRO R9700 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) with Radeon AI PRO R9700, including specs and performance data.
AI PRO R9700 outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) by a whopping 2006% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 766 | 18 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 18.10 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | RDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | Surface Book | Navi 48 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 October 2015 (9 years ago) | 23 July 2025 (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 cores | 384 | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 954 MHz | 1660 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 993 MHz | 2920 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 53,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 747.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 47.84 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 128 |
| TMUs | no data | 256 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 64 |
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 5.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 16-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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | 2518 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 644.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a |
| HDMI | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | - |
| DLSS | - | + |
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 | 28
−1864%
| 550−600
+1864%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−1977%
|
270−280
+1977%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−11
−2000%
|
210−220
+2000%
|
| Fortnite | 18−20
−2005%
|
400−450
+2005%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
−1959%
|
350−400
+1959%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−1900%
|
300−310
+1900%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−1977%
|
270−280
+1977%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 60−65
−1963%
|
1300−1350
+1963%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
−1931%
|
650−700
+1931%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−11
−2000%
|
210−220
+2000%
|
| Fortnite | 18−20
−2005%
|
400−450
+2005%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
−1959%
|
350−400
+1959%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 10−11
−2000%
|
210−220
+2000%
|
| Metro Exodus | 6−7
−1900%
|
120−130
+1900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−1900%
|
300−310
+1900%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
−1991%
|
230−240
+1991%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−1977%
|
270−280
+1977%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
−1931%
|
650−700
+1931%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−11
−2000%
|
210−220
+2000%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
−1959%
|
350−400
+1959%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−1900%
|
300−310
+1900%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
−1991%
|
230−240
+1991%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 18−20
−2005%
|
400−450
+2005%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 24−27
−1823%
|
500−550
+1823%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−1900%
|
40−45
+1900%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 6−7
−1900%
|
120−130
+1900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
−1900%
|
160−170
+1900%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 7−8
−1900%
|
140−150
+1900%
|
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18
−1775%
|
300−310
+1775%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−2000%
|
210−220
+2000%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−1900%
|
40−45
+1900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−1900%
|
80−85
+1900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
−1900%
|
80−85
+1900%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 4−5
−1900%
|
80−85
+1900%
|
This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and AI PRO R9700 compete in popular games:
- AI PRO R9700 is 1864% faster in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.38 | 71.19 |
| Recency | 1 October 2015 | 23 July 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 32 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 4 nm |
AI PRO R9700 has a 2006.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon AI PRO R9700 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 Radeon AI PRO R9700 is a workstation one.
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