NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
VS
NVIDIA Quadro M500M
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
VS
NVIDIA Quadro M500M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and NVIDIA Quadro M500M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
619
Maxwell
Architecture
Maxwell
Surface Book
Code name
GM108
Laptop
Type
Mobile workstation
1 October 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
15 December 2015 (5 years ago)
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Price now
$775
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Value for money
0.89
Surface Book
GPU code name
GM108
Laptop
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and NVIDIA Quadro M500M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
384
954 MHz
Core clock speed
1029 MHz
993 MHz
Boost Clock
1124 MHz
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
30 Watt
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Texture fill rate
17.98
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Floating-point performance
863.2 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
993 MHz
Boost clock speed
1124 MHz
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Thermal design power (TDP)
30 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and NVIDIA Quadro M500M.

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Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
large

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 NVIDIA Quadro M500M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
5012 MHz
Memory clock speed
4004 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and NVIDIA Quadro M500M, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and NVIDIA Quadro M500M is the additional functionality.

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GPU Boost
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CUDA
5.0
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GeForce Experience
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Optimus
+
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3D Vision Pro
+
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nView Display Management
+
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nView
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and NVIDIA Quadro M500M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
DirectX
12
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OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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Shader Model
5.0
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OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and NVIDIA Quadro M500M 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 NVIDIA Quadro M500M 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)
NVIDIA Quadro M500M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
NVIDIA Quadro M500M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
NVIDIA Quadro M500M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
NVIDIA Quadro M500M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
NVIDIA Quadro M500M
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)

4.79% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro M500M

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

So, NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) or NVIDIA Quadro M500M?

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 NVIDIA Quadro M500M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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