Subscribe to our YouTube channel ×

    GeForce GTX 470 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 470 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 470 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 470 Check Price
    Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Check Price

    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 GTX 470 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pins
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 1 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
      Check Price Check Price
    • GeForce GTX 470 has 1279 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
    • GeForce GTX 470 is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 470 is build with Fermi architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - with Maxwell.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 470 is 261 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
    • GeForce GTX 470 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 3338 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 470.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 9−10
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
    4K / 2160p 4−5 −
    low / 720p 30−35 21−24
    medium / 1080p 21−24 12−14
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 470 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 470 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Architecture Fermi Maxwell
    Code name GF100 Surface Book
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 12 April 2010 1 October 2015
    Pipelines 448 384
    Core clock speed 1215 MHz 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz
    Transistor count 3,100 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 34.0 billion/sec
    Floating-point performance 1,088.6 gflops
    Length 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
    Memory bus width 320 Bit 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1674 MHz (3348 data rate) 5012 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 133.9 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.2
    OpenCL 1.1
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA + +
    CUDA cores 448
    Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
    Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    HDMI +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI Internal
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 97 Mh/s
    Optimus +
      Check Price Check Price

    Similar compares