NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000)
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000)

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000). Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

430
Place in performance rating
438
Maxwell
Architecture
Vega
Surface Book
Code name
Vega Raven Ridge
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 October 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
7 January 2018 (3 years ago)
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Price now
$248
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Value for money
8.26
Surface Book
GPU code name
Vega Raven Ridge
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000) based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
384
954 MHz
Core clock speed
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993 MHz
Boost Clock
1100 MHz
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
993 MHz
Boost clock speed
1100 MHz

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000) can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
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1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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64 Bit
Memory bus width
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5012 MHz
Memory clock speed
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-
Shared memory
-

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000) is the additional functionality.

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GPU Boost
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CUDA
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+
GeForce Experience
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+
Optimus
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000). Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
DirectX
DirectX 12_1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000) graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) or AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000) good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000)
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000)
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000)
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000)
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000)
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

So, NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) or AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000)?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) .

NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) versus AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000) performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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