GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q 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 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q stacks up against Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 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 Ti Max Q or Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q has 3 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - with Maxwell.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q is 1988 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 9−10
ultra / 1080p 21−24 5−6
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 21−24
medium / 1080p 40−45 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
Architecture Pascal Maxwell
Code name N17P-G1 Max-Q Surface Book
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 3 January 2018 1 October 2015
Pipelines 768 384
Core clock speed 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 68.02
Floating-point performance 2,177 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1 +
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
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