Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) vs Radeon RX 470 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 470 Mobile and Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 470 Mobile
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 85 Watt
18.17
+392%

RX 470 Mobile outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) by a whopping 392% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking299710
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.68no data
Power efficiency14.86no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameEllesmereSurface Book
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 August 2016 (8 years ago)1 October 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2048384
Core clock speed926 MHz954 MHz
Boost clock speed1074 MHz993 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)85 Wattno data
Texture fill rate137.5no data
Floating-point processing power4.399 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs128no data

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)no data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-
Optimus-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
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.

RX 470 Mobile 18.17
+392%
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 3.69

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.

RX 470 Mobile 10715
+416%
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 2076

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 HD130−140
+364%
28
−364%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.23no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+400%
6−7
−400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+282%
10−12
−282%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+433%
6−7
−433%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+675%
8−9
−675%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+375%
8−9
−375%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+400%
6−7
−400%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+529%
7−8
−529%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+410%
10−11
−410%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+462%
21−24
−462%
Hitman 3 35−40
+429%
7−8
−429%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+411%
18−20
−411%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+442%
12−14
−442%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+467%
9−10
−467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+343%
14−16
−343%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+394%
18−20
−394%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+282%
10−12
−282%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+433%
6−7
−433%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+675%
8−9
−675%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+375%
8−9
−375%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+400%
6−7
−400%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+529%
7−8
−529%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+410%
10−11
−410%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+462%
21−24
−462%
Hitman 3 35−40
+429%
7−8
−429%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+411%
18−20
−411%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+983%
6−7
−983%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+467%
9−10
−467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+343%
14−16
−343%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+187%
14−16
−187%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+394%
18−20
−394%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+282%
10−12
−282%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+433%
6−7
−433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+443%
7−8
−443%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+400%
6−7
−400%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+529%
7−8
−529%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+462%
21−24
−462%
Hitman 3 35−40
+429%
7−8
−429%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+411%
18−20
−411%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+417%
12−14
−417%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+187%
14−16
−187%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+394%
18−20
−394%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+410%
10−11
−410%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+414%
7−8
−414%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+480%
5−6
−480%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+467%
3−4
−467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+425%
4−5
−425%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+450%
4−5
−450%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+5100%
2−3
−5100%
Hitman 3 21−24
+450%
4−5
−450%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+443%
7−8
−443%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+400%
7−8
−400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+443%
7−8
−443%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+425%
4−5
−425%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+438%
21−24
−438%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+417%
6−7
−417%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Hitman 3 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+439%
18−20
−439%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+1200%
2−3
−1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+425%
4−5
−425%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+467%
3−4
−467%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

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

This is how RX 470 Mobile and Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) compete in popular games:

  • RX 470 Mobile is 364% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 470 Mobile is 5100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 470 Mobile is ahead in 28 tests (74%)
  • there's a draw in 10 tests (26%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.17 3.69
Recency 4 August 2016 1 October 2015
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

RX 470 Mobile has a 392.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 months, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 470 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile
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