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    FirePro W8000 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W8000 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5, 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 W8000 stacks up against Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5, check out specs charts below.
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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 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 940M GDDR5 here:

    Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Laptops

    Main Specs

      FirePro W8000 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
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    • FirePro W8000 has 3 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
    • FirePro W8000 is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - in Laptops.
    • FirePro W8000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - with Maxwell.
    • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 54 MHz higher, than FirePro W8000.
    • FirePro W8000 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of FirePro W8000 is 488 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 9−10
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
    low / 720p 35−40 21−24
    medium / 1080p 21−24 12−14
    The average gaming FPS of FirePro W8000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 75% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

    Full Specs

      FirePro W8000 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
    Code name Tahiti Surface Book
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 14 June 2012 1 October 2015
    Pipelines 1792 384
    Core clock speed 900 MHz 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz
    Transistor count 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 100.8
    Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops
    Length 279 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 5012 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 176 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
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 391 Mh/s
    Optimus +
    Form factor full height / full length
    StereoOutput3D +
    DisplayPort count 4
    Dual-link DVI support +
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