Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) with Radeon RX 9070 XT, including specs and performance data.
RX 9070 XT outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) by a whopping 1806% 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 | 731 | 26 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 60.78 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 15.74 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | RDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | Surface Book | Navi 48 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 October 2015 (9 years ago) | 6 March 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $599 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | 2970 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 53,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 304 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 760.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 48.66 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 | 2x 8-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 | 16 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
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 | 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
−664%
| 214
+664%
|
| 1440p | 6−7
−2117%
| 133
+2117%
|
| 4K | 4−5
−2025%
| 85
+2025%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | no data | 2.80 |
| 1440p | no data | 4.50 |
| 4K | no data | 7.05 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−1246%
|
170−180
+1246%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 9−10
−3189%
|
296
+3189%
|
| Fortnite | 18−20
−1489%
|
300−350
+1489%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
−1506%
|
250−260
+1506%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−1073%
|
170−180
+1073%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−1246%
|
170−180
+1246%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 60−65
−341%
|
270−280
+341%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
−1775%
|
600−650
+1775%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 9−10
−3067%
|
285
+3067%
|
| Fortnite | 18−20
−1489%
|
300−350
+1489%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
−1506%
|
250−260
+1506%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 10−11
−1580%
|
160−170
+1580%
|
| Metro Exodus | 6−7
−2650%
|
160−170
+2650%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−1073%
|
170−180
+1073%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
−4418%
|
497
+4418%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−1246%
|
170−180
+1246%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
−1775%
|
600−650
+1775%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 9−10
−2900%
|
270
+2900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
−1506%
|
250−260
+1506%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−1073%
|
170−180
+1073%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
−2409%
|
276
+2409%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 18−20
−1489%
|
300−350
+1489%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 24−27
−1835%
|
500−550
+1835%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−5400%
|
110−120
+5400%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
−3150%
|
260
+3150%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
−2663%
|
220−230
+2663%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 7−8
−2057%
|
150−160
+2057%
|
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18
−888%
|
150−160
+888%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−1800%
|
190−200
+1800%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6
−2940%
|
152
+2940%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−5700%
|
170−180
+5700%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
−2300%
|
95−100
+2300%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 4−5
−1875%
|
75−80
+1875%
|
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 268
+0%
|
268
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 180−190
+0%
|
180−190
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 239
+0%
|
239
+0%
|
| Valorant | 350−400
+0%
|
350−400
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 180−190
+0%
|
180−190
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 193
+0%
|
193
+0%
|
| Valorant | 350−400
+0%
|
350−400
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 146
+0%
|
146
+0%
|
| Valorant | 350−400
+0%
|
350−400
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 190−200
+0%
|
190−200
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Valorant | 400−450
+0%
|
400−450
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 90−95
+0%
|
90−95
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 116
+0%
|
116
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 212
+0%
|
212
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 85−90
+0%
|
85−90
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 174
+0%
|
174
+0%
|
| Valorant | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 120−130
+0%
|
120−130
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 85−90
+0%
|
85−90
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 68
+0%
|
68
+0%
|
This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and RX 9070 XT compete in popular games:
- RX 9070 XT is 664% faster in 1080p
- RX 9070 XT is 2117% faster in 1440p
- RX 9070 XT is 2025% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 9070 XT is 5700% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RX 9070 XT is ahead in 30 tests (48%)
- there's a draw in 33 tests (52%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.55 | 67.65 |
| Recency | 1 October 2015 | 6 March 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 5 nm |
RX 9070 XT has a 1805.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon RX 9070 XT 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 card while Radeon RX 9070 XT is a desktop one.
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