GeForce GTX 1050 mobile vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Maxwell GPU Surface Book. 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 GTX 1050 mobile and Maxwell GPU Surface Book. 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.

GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Maxwell GPU Surface Book are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 mobile 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 GeForce GTX 1050 mobile or Maxwell GPU Surface Book here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile has 3 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 400 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 1996 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 8−9
ultra / 1080p 14−16 5−6
QHD / 1440p 8−9 0−1
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 40−45 20−22
medium / 1080p 27−30 10−12
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 145% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Architecture Pascal Maxwell
Code name GP107B Surface Book
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 3 January 2017 1 October 2015
Pipelines 640 384
Core clock speed 1354 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 1493 MHz 993 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 59.72
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA + +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Multi monitor support +
HDCP 2.2
Laptop size large
Optimus +
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
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