Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G4 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 774 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022) |
| GPU code name | Surface Book | Tiger Lake Xe |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 October 2015 (10 years ago) | 15 August 2020 (5 years 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 | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 954 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 993 MHz | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 10 nm |
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 | DDR4 |
| 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 | + | - |
| Quick Sync | no data | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 11_0) | DirectX 12_1 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2015 | 15 August 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 10 nm |
Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G4 has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G4. We've got no test results to judge.
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