FirePro R5000 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro R5000 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro R5000 stacks up against Maxwell GPU Surface Book, check out specs charts below.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book here:

Main Specs

  FirePro R5000 Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro R5000 has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • FirePro R5000 is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - in Laptops.
  • FirePro R5000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 129 MHz higher, than FirePro R5000.
  • FirePro R5000 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 1812 MHz higher, than FirePro R5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 8−9
ultra / 1080p 8−9 5−6
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 20−22
medium / 1080p 16−18 10−12
The average gaming FPS of FirePro R5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 45% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Full Specs

  FirePro R5000 Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Pitcairn Surface Book
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 25 February 2013 1 October 2015
Pipelines 768 384
Core clock speed 825 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 39.60
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Optimus +
Form factor full height / full length
Dual-link DVI support +
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