Arc B570 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

Place in the ranking	715	118
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	100.00
Power efficiency	no data	17.83
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Xe2 (2025)
GPU code name	Surface Book	BMG-G21
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 October 2015 (9 years ago)	16 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$219

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	2304
Core clock speed	954 MHz	2500 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	2500 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	360.0
Floating-point processing power	no data	11.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	80
TMUs	no data	144
Tensor Cores	no data	144
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	18

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 4.0 x8
Length	no data	272 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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	10 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	160 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	2375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	380.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.4
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 HD

−942%

250−260
+942%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

0.88

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −900%	90−95 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Elden Ring	9−10 −900%	90−95 +900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −900%	100−105 +900%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −900%	90−95 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −900%	170−180 +900%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −900%	120−130 +900%
Valorant	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −900%	100−105 +900%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −900%	90−95 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Dota 2	10−12 −900%	110−120 +900%
Elden Ring	9−10 −900%	90−95 +900%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −950%	210−220 +950%
Fortnite	21−24 −948%	220−230 +948%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −900%	170−180 +900%
Grand Theft Auto V	10−12 −900%	110−120 +900%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −809%	300−310 +809%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −900%	120−130 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −900%	130−140 +900%
Valorant	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%
World of Tanks	60−65 −916%	650−700 +916%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −900%	100−105 +900%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −900%	90−95 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Dota 2	10−12 −900%	110−120 +900%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −950%	210−220 +950%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −900%	170−180 +900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −809%	300−310 +809%
Valorant	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Elden Ring	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Grand Theft Auto V	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −938%	270−280 +938%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
World of Tanks	24−27 −938%	270−280 +938%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 −838%	300−310 +838%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%
Valorant	10−12 −900%	110−120 +900%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −900%	160−170 +900%
Elden Ring	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −900%	160−170 +900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−11 −900%	100−105 +900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −900%	160−170 +900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Dota 2	16−18 −900%	160−170 +900%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Fortnite	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Valorant	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Arc B570 compete in popular games:

Arc B570 is 942% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.70	38.90
Recency	1 October 2015	16 January 2025
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	10 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm

Arc B570 has a 951.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc B570 is our recommended choice as it beats the Maxwell GPU Surface Book in performance tests.

Be aware that Maxwell GPU Surface Book is a notebook card while Arc B570 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.