GeForce RTX 5090 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

Place in the ranking	717	6
Place by popularity	not in top-100	58
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	8.97
Power efficiency	no data	9.98
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	Surface Book	GB202
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 October 2015 (9 years ago)	30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,999

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	21760
Core clock speed	954 MHz	2017 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	2407 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	575 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	1,637
Floating-point processing power	no data	104.8 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	176
TMUs	no data	680
Tensor Cores	no data	680
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	170

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	304 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	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1.79 TB/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 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
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	6.8
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.4
CUDA	+	10.1

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	24 −763%	207 +763%
1440p	8−9 −2200%	184 +2200%
4K	6−7 −2250%	141 +2250%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	9.66
1440p	no data	10.86
4K	no data	14.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −2150%	180−190 +2150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −2100%	220−230 +2100%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −2150%	180−190 +2150%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −1959%	350−400 +1959%
Forza Horizon 5	5−6 −2100%	110−120 +2100%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −2150%	180−190 +2150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Valorant	7−8 −2043%	150−160 +2043%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −2100%	220−230 +2100%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −2150%	180−190 +2150%
Dota 2	10−12 −2082%	240−250 +2082%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −695%	159 +695%
Fortnite	21−24 −2043%	450−500 +2043%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −1959%	350−400 +1959%
Forza Horizon 5	5−6 −2100%	110−120 +2100%
Grand Theft Auto V	10−12 −2082%	240−250 +2082%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −2150%	180−190 +2150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 +725%	4−5 −725%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Valorant	7−8 −2043%	150−160 +2043%
World of Tanks	60−65 +688%	8−9 −688%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −2100%	220−230 +2100%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −2144%	202 +2144%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −2150%	180−190 +2150%
Dota 2	10−12 −2082%	240−250 +2082%
Far Cry 5	20−22 +233%	6−7 −233%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −1959%	350−400 +1959%
Forza Horizon 5	5−6 −2100%	110−120 +2100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 +725%	4−5 −725%
Valorant	7−8 −2043%	150−160 +2043%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
Grand Theft Auto V	3−4 −2067%	65−70 +2067%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −2100%	550−600 +2100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
World of Tanks	24−27 −2015%	550−600 +2015%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −2150%	90−95 +2150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2150%	90−95 +2150%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −2150%	90−95 +2150%
Forza Horizon 5	5−6 −2100%	110−120 +2100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −2043%	150−160 +2043%
Valorant	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −2800%	174 +2800%
Dota 2	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −2088%	350−400 +2088%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−11 −2100%	220−230 +2100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −2088%	350−400 +2088%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −2067%	65−70 +2067%
Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −817%	55 +817%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
Dota 2	16−18 −2088%	350−400 +2088%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −2150%	90−95 +2150%
Fortnite	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
Forza Horizon 5	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
Valorant	3−4	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2

183

+0%

183

+0%

4K
High Preset

Metro Exodus

167

+0%

167

+0%

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book and RTX 5090 compete in popular games:

RTX 5090 is 763% faster in 1080p
RTX 5090 is 2200% faster in 1440p
RTX 5090 is 2250% faster in 4K

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

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 725% faster.
in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 5090 is 2800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Maxwell GPU Surface Book is ahead in 13 tests (68%)
RTX 5090 is ahead in 4 tests (21%)
there's a draw in 2 tests (11%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.65	82.26
Recency	1 October 2015	30 January 2025
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm

RTX 5090 has a 2153.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5090 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 GeForce RTX 5090 is a desktop one.

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