Mobility Radeon HD 5165 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Mobility Radeon HD 5165, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book
2015
1 GB GDDR5
3.69
+239%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5165 by a whopping 239% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking6741050
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameSurface BookM96
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 October 2015 (8 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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 cores384320
Core clock speed954 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data514 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data19.20
Floating-point performanceno data384.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Mobility Radeon HD 5165 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeGDDR5(G)DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data28.8 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkanno dataN/A
CUDA+no data

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 HD22
+267%
6−7
−267%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8 no data
Far Cry 5 7−8 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11 no data
Forza Horizon 4 16−18 no data
Hitman 3 7−8 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24 no data
Metro Exodus 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20 no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8 no data
Far Cry 5 7−8 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11 no data
Forza Horizon 4 16−18 no data
Hitman 3 7−8 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24 no data
Metro Exodus 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20 no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8 no data
Far Cry 5 7−8 no data
Forza Horizon 4 16−18 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20 no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10 no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6 no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 no data
Far Cry 5 6−7 no data
Forza Horizon 4 6−7 no data
Hitman 3 8−9 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8 no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 no data
Forza Horizon 4 2−3 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5 no data
Metro Exodus 6−7 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5 no data

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book and ATI Mobility HD 5165 compete in popular games:

  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 267% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.69 1.09
Recency 1 October 2015 7 January 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm

The Maxwell GPU Surface Book is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5165 in performance tests.


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