FirePro M6100 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M6100 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro M6100 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

FirePro M6100 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro M6100 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with FirePro M6100 or Maxwell GPU Surface Book here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M6100 Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • FirePro M6100 has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • FirePro M6100 is build with GCN architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro M6100 is 146 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • FirePro M6100 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro M6100 is 988 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 8−9
ultra / 1080p 6−7 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 20−22
medium / 1080p 12−14 10−12
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M6100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 18% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Full Specs

  FirePro M6100 Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Architecture GCN Maxwell
Code name Bonaire Surface Book
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 1 October 2013 1 October 2015
Pipelines 768 384
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 51.60
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 88 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_0) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 6.3
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 196 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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