Radeon HD 6540G2 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

Place in performance ranking	674	994
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Surface Book	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 October 2015 (8 years ago)	14 June 2011 (13 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 cores	384	480
Core clock speed	954 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon HD 6540G2 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 size

no data

medium sized

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	no data
Shared memory	-	-

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.

DirectX	12 (FL 11_0)	11
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 3.69
+186%

HD 6540G2 1.29

Maxwell GPU Surface Book outperforms Radeon HD 6540G2 by 186% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 2577
+161%

HD 6540G2 987

Maxwell GPU Surface Book outperforms Radeon HD 6540G2 by 161% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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

22
+214%

7−8

−214%

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	5−6	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1