FirePro M7740 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M7740 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 FirePro M7740 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.

FirePro M7740 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro M7740 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 FirePro M7740 or Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M7740 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • FirePro M7740 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • FirePro M7740 is used in Mobile workstations, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - in Laptops.
  • FirePro M7740 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 304 MHz higher, than FirePro M7740.
  • FirePro M7740 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 4012 MHz higher, than FirePro M7740.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 9−10
ultra / 1080p 4−5 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 21−24
medium / 1080p 8−9 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than FirePro M7740.

Full Specs

  FirePro M7740 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
Architecture Terascale 1 Maxwell
Code name RV740 Surface Book
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 4 August 2009 1 October 2015
Pipelines 640 384
Core clock speed 650 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 826 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.80
Floating-point performance 832.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.14 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 4.1
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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