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    GeForce 940A vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 940A and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5. 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 GeForce 940A and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5. 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.
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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

      GeForce 940A Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
    Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • GeForce 940A and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
    • GeForce 940A is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - in Laptops.
    • GeForce 940A and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 are build with Maxwell architecture.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce 940A is 75 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
    • GeForce 940A and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 3010 MHz higher, than GeForce 940A.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 4−5 9−10
    ultra / 1080p 2−3 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 14−16 21−24
    medium / 1080p 5−6 12−14
    The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than GeForce 940A.

    Full Specs

      GeForce 940A Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    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 1029 MHz 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 1124 MHz 993 MHz
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 17.98
    Floating-point performance 863.2 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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