NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

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Combined performance score

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
3.03

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) outperforms Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) by 20% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking730673
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeSurface Book
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2018 (6 years old)1 October 2015 (8 years old)

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384384
Core clock speedno data954 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz993 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data

Memory

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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data5012 MHz
Shared memory--

Technologies

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

Optimusno data+

API support

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

DirectX12_1DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
CUDAno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 3.03
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 3.64
+20.1%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) outperforms Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) by 20% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 2991
+16.1%
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 2577

Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) by 16% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 2245
+8.2%
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 2076

Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) by 8% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 16787
+47.5%
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 11380

Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) by 48% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 94451
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 123411
+30.7%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) outperforms Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) by 31% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

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 HD15
−86.7%
28
+86.7%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Battlefield 5 12
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry New Dawn 8
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 10
−10%
10−12
+10%
Hitman 3 13
−7.7%
14−16
+7.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Battlefield 5 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 9
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%
Hitman 3 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Metro Exodus 3
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3
−233%
10−11
+233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Battlefield 5 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Hitman 3 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 1−2
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is 86.7% faster than RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is 33.3% faster than the Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5).
  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is 233% faster than the RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000).

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is ahead in 4 tests (11%)
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is ahead in 29 tests (83%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (6%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.03 3.64
Recency 7 January 2018 1 October 2015
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

The Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) in performance tests.


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