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    GeForce 930A vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 930A 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 GeForce 930A stacks up against Maxwell GPU Surface Book, check out specs charts below.
    GeForce 930A
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    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:

    Maxwell GPU Surface Book Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce 930A Maxwell GPU Surface Book
    Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • GeForce 930A has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
    • GeForce 930A is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - in Laptops.
    • GeForce 930A and Maxwell GPU Surface Book are build with Maxwell architecture.
    • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 26 MHz higher, than GeForce 930A.
    • GeForce 930A and Maxwell GPU Surface Book are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 3010 MHz higher, than GeForce 930A.

    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 GeForce 930A.

    Full Specs

      GeForce 930A Maxwell GPU Surface Book
    Architecture Maxwell Maxwell
    Code name GM108 Surface Book
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 13 March 2015 1 October 2015
    Pipelines 384 384
    Core clock speed 928 MHz 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 941 MHz 993 MHz
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 22.58
    Floating-point performance 722.7 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 5012 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA 5.0 +
    Optimus +
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