UHD Graphics 48EU 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 performance ranking673not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Generation 12.2 (2021−2022)
GPU code nameSurface BookAlder Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 October 2015 (8 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Current priceno data$339

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 cores384384
Core clock speed954 MHzno data
Boost clock speed993 MHz1150 MHz
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data45 Watt
Texture fill rateno data27.60

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Maxwell GPU Surface Book and UHD Graphics 48EU 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.

Interfaceno dataRing Bus
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed5012 MHzSystem Shared
Shared memory-no data

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

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.

DirectX12 (FL 11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.3
CUDA+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2015 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm

We couldn't decide between Maxwell GPU Surface Book and UHD Graphics 48EU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Maxwell GPU Surface Book is a notebook card while UHD Graphics 48EU is a desktop one.


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