Radeon R9 M275 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

Place in the ranking	712	787
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.16
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	Surface Book	Venus
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 October 2015 (9 years ago)	28 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$799.99

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	640
Core clock speed	954 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	925 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate	no data	37.00
Floating-point processing power	no data	1.184 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	16
TMUs	no data	40

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	64 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 (11_1)
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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
+27.7%

R9 M275 2.89

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.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 2577

R9 M275 3261
+26.5%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 2076
+10.1%

R9 M275 1885

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 11380

R9 M275 11459
+0.7%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 123411

R9 M275 145646
+18%

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
+4.3%

−4.3%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

34.78

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8
+16.7%

6−7

−16.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Battlefield 5	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +40%	14−16 −40%
Hitman 3	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 +18.2%	21−24 −18.2%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +7.7%	35−40 −7.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Battlefield 5	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +40%	14−16 −40%
Hitman 3	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 +18.2%	21−24 −18.2%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +7.7%	35−40 −7.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +40%	14−16 −40%
Hitman 3	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 +18.2%	21−24 −18.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +7.7%	35−40 −7.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
+28.6%

7−8

−28.6%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 +35.3%	16−18 −35.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+16.7%

6−7

−16.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%