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    GeForce GTX 470M vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 470M 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 470M stacks up against Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5, check out specs charts below.
    GeForce GTX 470M Check Price
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    GeForce GTX 470M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 470M 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 470M or Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 here:

    GeForce GTX 470M Laptops
    Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 470M Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 470M has 1535 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 470M is build with Fermi architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - with Maxwell.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 470M is 146 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
    • GeForce GTX 470M 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 3762 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 470M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 9−10
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 21−24 21−24
    medium / 1080p 10−12 12−14
    GeForce GTX 470M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 470M Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Architecture Fermi Maxwell
    Code name N11E-GT Surface Book
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 November 2010 1 October 2015
    Pipelines 288 384
    Core clock speed 1100 MHz 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz
    Transistor count 1,950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 19.7 billion/sec
    Floating-point performance 616.3 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 DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5
    OpenCL 1.1
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA + +
    SLI options +
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
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