Radeon RX 6900 XT vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

Place in performance ranking	669	18
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	no data	21.14
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Surface Book	Navi 21
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 October 2015 (8 years ago)	8 December 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$999
Current price	no data	$957 (1x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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	5120
Core clock speed	954 MHz	1825 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	2250 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	720.0

Size and compatibility

Information on Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon RX 6900 XT compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-pin

Memory

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	16 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	512.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

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	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	no data	+

Technologies

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

Optimus

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API support

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

DirectX	12 (FL 11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.1
Vulkan	no data	1.2
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 3.67

RX 6900 XT 69.35
+1790%

Radeon RX 6900 XT outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book by 1790% based on our aggregated 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

RX 6900 XT 59119
+2194%

Radeon RX 6900 XT outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book by 2194% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 2076

RX 6900 XT 50587
+2337%

Radeon RX 6900 XT outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book by 2337% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 −777%	193 +777%
1440p	7−8 −1814%	134 +1814%
4K	4−5 −1975%	83 +1975%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

−1843%

130−140
+1843%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −1850%	117 +1850%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −8350%	169 +8350%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −2067%	195 +2067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −1136%	170−180 +1136%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1843%	130−140 +1843%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −2143%	150−160 +2143%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −1700%	126 +1700%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −2473%	283 +2473%
Hitman 3	8−9 −3438%	283 +3438%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −3317%	205 +3317%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −2700%	196 +2700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −2120%	222 +2120%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −6233%	190 +6233%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −1667%	106 +1667%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −7000%	142 +7000%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −2078%	196 +2078%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −1136%	170−180 +1136%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1843%	130−140 +1843%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −2143%	150−160 +2143%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −1657%	123 +1657%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −2436%	279 +2436%
Hitman 3	8−9 −3350%	276 +3350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −2800%	174 +2800%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −3180%	164 +3180%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −1671%	124 +1671%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −1970%	207 +1970%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −3938%	323 +3938%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −5567%	170 +5567%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −1533%	98 +1533%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −6750%	137 +6750%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −2089%	197 +2089%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1843%	130−140 +1843%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −2143%	150−160 +2143%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −1586%	118 +1586%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −2155%	248 +2155%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −1950%	164 +1950%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −3933%	121 +3933%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −2000%	120−130 +2000%
Hitman 3	7−8 −2943%	213 +2943%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −1260%	136 +1260%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −5000%	102 +5000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −4000%	82 +4000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −2171%	159 +2171%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −9800%	99 +9800%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −3600%	70−75 +3600%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −2133%	130−140 +2133%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −11600%	117 +11600%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −7600%	231 +7600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −4167%	120−130 +4167%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2500%	75−80 +2500%
Hitman 3	4−5 −3100%	128 +3100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −443%	38 +443%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −2650%	55 +2650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	85

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −3300%	68 +3300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −6500%	66 +6500%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	35−40
Far Cry 5	4−5 −1950%	80−85 +1950%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −1583%	101 +1583%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −16100%	162 +16100%