Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) vs Radeon RX Vega 10

Place in the ranking	680	712
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	29.50	no data
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	Raven	Surface Book
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	8 January 2019 (5 years ago)	1 October 2015 (9 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	640	384
Core clock speed	300 MHz	954 MHz
Boost clock speed	1301 MHz	993 MHz
Number of transistors	4,940 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	52.04	no data
Floating-point processing power	1.665 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	40	no 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).

Interface	IGP	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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 type	System Shared	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	1 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	5012 MHz
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 outputs

no data

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 (12_1)	DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
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.

RX Vega 10 4.23
+14.6%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 3.69

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.

RX Vega 10 3389
+31.5%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 2577

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 Vega 10 2272
+9.5%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 2076

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.

RX Vega 10 14835
+30.4%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 11380

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.

RX Vega 10 113236

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 123411
+9%

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

−64.7%

28
+64.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

12
+20%

10−11

−20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12 +20%	10−11 −20%
Battlefield 5	17 +113%	8−9 −113%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	15 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Far Cry 5	11 +57.1%	7−8 −57.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	18 +80%	10−11 −80%
Forza Horizon 4	45 +114%	21−24 −114%
Hitman 3	9 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +16.7%	24−27 −16.7%
Metro Exodus	21 +16.7%	18−20 −16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	19 +111%	9−10 −111%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20 +42.9%	14−16 −42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	63 +26%	50−55 −26%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14 +27.3%	10−12 −27.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Battlefield 5	8 +0%	8−9 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14 +75%	8−9 −75%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	9 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	7 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	34 +61.9%	21−24 −61.9%
Hitman 3	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +16.7%	24−27 −16.7%
Metro Exodus	18 +200%	6−7 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	17 +88.9%	9−10 −88.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14 +0%	14−16 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	41 +17.1%	35−40 −17.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10 +25%	8−9 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +23.8%	21−24 −23.8%
Hitman 3	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	11 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12 +20%	10−11 −20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8 −87.5%	14−16 +87.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +25.7%	35−40 −25.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

+22.2%

9−10
−22.2%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Hitman 3	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 +23.8%	21−24 −23.8%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9
+33.3%

6−7

−33.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2	0−1
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
+25%

4−5

−25%

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 Vega 10 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) compete in popular games:

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is 65% faster in 1080p

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

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX Vega 10 is 200% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is 88% faster.

All in all, in popular games: