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    GeForce GTX 460M vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 460M 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 460M 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.
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    GeForce GTX 460M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 460M 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 460M or Maxwell GPU Surface Book here:

    GeForce GTX 460M Laptops
    Maxwell GPU Surface Book Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 460M Maxwell GPU Surface Book
    Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 460M has 1535 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 460M is build with Fermi architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - with Maxwell.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 460M is 396 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
    • GeForce GTX 460M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 3762 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 460M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 2−3 8−9
    ultra / 1080p 0−1 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 12−14 20−22
    medium / 1080p 5−6 10−12
    The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 85% more, than GeForce GTX 460M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 460M Maxwell GPU Surface Book
    Architecture Fermi Maxwell
    Code name N11E-GS Surface Book
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 3 September 2010 1 October 2015
    Pipelines 192 384
    Core clock speed 1350 MHz 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz
    Transistor count 1,170 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 16.1 billion/sec
    Floating-point performance 518.4 gflops
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 5012 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 60.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 API with Feature Level 12.1 DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5
    OpenCL 1.1
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA + +
    SLI options +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 33 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
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