Radeon PRO V710 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 711 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Surface Book | Navi 32 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 October 2015 (9 years ago) | 3 October 2024 (less than a year ago) |
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 | 3456 |
| Core clock speed | 954 MHz | 1900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 993 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 28,100 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 158 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 432.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 27.65 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 96 |
| TMUs | no data | 216 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 54 |
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 x16 |
| Width | no data | 1-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 | 28 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 224 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 504.0 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 | No outputs |
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 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2015 | 3 October 2024 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 28 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 5 nm |
PRO V710 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 2700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon PRO V710. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Maxwell GPU Surface Book is a notebook card while Radeon PRO V710 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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