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    GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q 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 GTX 1070 Max Q 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.
    GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q Check Price
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    GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 1070 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 1070 Max Q or Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 here:

    GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q Laptops
    Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q has 7 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - with Maxwell.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q is 147 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
    • GeForce GTX 1070 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 1070 Max Q is 2988 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 1070 Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Architecture Pascal Maxwell
    Code name N17E-G2 Max-Q Surface Book
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 30 May 2017 1 October 2015
    Pipelines 2048 384
    Core clock speed 1101 - 1215 MHz 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 1265 - 1379 MHz 993 MHz
    Transistor count 7,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 176.5
    Floating-point performance 5,648 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 5012 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 256.3 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 large
    Optimus +
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