FirePro M4150 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M4150 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 FirePro M4150 stacks up against Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5, check out specs charts below.

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:

Main Specs

  FirePro M4150 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • FirePro M4150 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • FirePro M4150 is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - in Laptops.
  • FirePro M4150 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 239 MHz higher, than FirePro M4150.
  • FirePro M4150 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 1012 MHz higher, than FirePro M4150.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 9−10
ultra / 1080p 0−1 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 21−24
medium / 1080p 3−4 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 150% more, than FirePro M4150.

Full Specs

  FirePro M4150 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Opal Surface Book
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 16 October 2013 1 October 2015
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 715 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.16
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
Optimus +
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