Xe DG1 (iDG1LP) Mobile vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Gen. 12 Xe (2020)
GPU code nameSurface BookiDG1LPDEV
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 October 2015 (9 years ago)1 March 2020 (4 years 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 cores38496
Core clock speed954 MHzno data
Boost clock speed993 MHz1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm

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 GB3 GB
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed5012 MHzno data
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Supported technologies

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API compatibility

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DirectXDirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0no data
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2015 1 March 2020
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

Xe DG1 (iDG1LP) Mobile has an age advantage of 4 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

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