The Nvidia Maxwell GPU is a dedicated graphics card in the Microsoft Surface Book laptop. It is based on the Maxwell GM108 chip as the Geforce 940M with 384 shaders. Instead of the DDR3 graphics memory, the Surface Book graphics card features faster GDDR5 memory (both 64 Bit though).
Thanks to the faster graphics memory, the Surface Book Geforce is performing better than the average GeForce 940M. However, the 945M and GTX 950M are still noticeably faster. Demanding games therefore only run in low settings fluently.
More details can be found in our extensive review of the 2015 Microsoft Surface Book with the dedicated Maxwell GPU.
GeForce 900M Series
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| Codename | Surface Book | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Maxwell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 384 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 954 - 993 (Boost) MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 5012 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 1024 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 28 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | GPU Boost 2.0, Optimus, PhysX, CUDA, GeForce Experience | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 01.10.2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Average benchmark values for this graphics cardThe following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
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| Metal Gear Solid V | 42 | 35.9 | 19.7 | 13.3 | ||
| Batman: Arkham Knight | 23 | 14 | ||||
| F1 2014 | 117 | 94 | 76 | 49 | ||
| Thief | 45.6 | 28.2 | 22.3 | 9.4 | ||
| Metro: Last Light | 59.6 | 44.7 | 30.7 | 15.7 | ||
| BioShock Infinite | 94.2 | 64.8 | 56.5 | 20.8 | ||
| StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | 258 | 141.2 | 74.2 | 37.5 | ||
| Tomb Raider | 161.5 | 82.8 | 55.2 | 25.8 | ||
| Sleeping Dogs | 112.4 | 85.6 | 42.8 | 10.9 | ||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 3 3 2 | 2 2 4 1 | 2 4 2 | 6 2 | | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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