Playstation 5 Pro GPU vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

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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)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)
GPU code nameSurface BookViola
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 October 2015 (10 years ago)7 November 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

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 cores3843840
Core clock speed954 MHz2170 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHz2350 MHz
Number of transistorsno data21,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data232 Watt
Texture fill rateno data564.0
Floating-point processing powerno data18.05 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data240
L2 Cacheno data4 MB

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).

Lengthno data386 mm

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 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data576.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_0)N/A
Shader Modelno dataN/A
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2015 7 November 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm

Playstation 5 Pro GPU has an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Playstation 5 Pro GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Maxwell GPU Surface Book is a notebook graphics card while Playstation 5 Pro GPU is a desktop one.

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