FirePro W4190M vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W4190M 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 W4190M stacks up against Maxwell GPU Surface Book, check out specs charts below.

FirePro W4190M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro W4190M 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 W4190M or Maxwell GPU Surface Book here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W4190M Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • FirePro W4190M has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • FirePro W4190M is used in Mobile workstations, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W4190M is build with GCN architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 129 MHz higher, than FirePro W4190M.
  • FirePro W4190M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 1012 MHz higher, than FirePro W4190M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 8−9
ultra / 1080p 1−2 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 20−22
medium / 1080p 5−6 10−12
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than FirePro W4190M.

Full Specs

  FirePro W4190M Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Architecture GCN Maxwell
Code name Mars XTX? Surface Book
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 12 November 2015 1 October 2015
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 825 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 900 MHz 993 MHz
Transistor count 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 21.60
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 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 +
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
AppAcceleration +
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