AMD Ellesmere
VS
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
AMD Ellesmere
VS
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

General info

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

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Place in performance rating
430
GCN 4.0
Architecture
Maxwell
Ellesmere
Code name
Surface Book
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
1 October 2015 (6 years ago)
$49
Price now
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Ellesmere
GPU code name
Surface Book
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

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

2304
Pipelines
384
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Core clock speed
954 MHz
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Boost Clock
993 MHz
5,700 million
Transistor count
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14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
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Boost clock speed
993 MHz
5,700 million
Number of transistors
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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 AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) can be seen in this section.

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

Technologies

The difference between AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 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 AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5). Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
4.6
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 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 AMD Ellesmere or NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
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 AMD Ellesmere

More pipelines (2304 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

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

9.88% faster in synthetic tests

So, AMD Ellesmere or NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)?

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

AMD Ellesmere versus NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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