FirePro S10000 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro S10000 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 S10000 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.

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 S10000 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
Power consumption (TDP) 750 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro S10000 has 5 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • FirePro S10000 is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - in Laptops.
  • FirePro S10000 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 129 MHz higher, than FirePro S10000.
  • FirePro S10000 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 12 MHz higher, than FirePro S10000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 9−10
ultra / 1080p 21−24 5−6
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 21−24
medium / 1080p 40−45 12−14
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S10000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

Full Specs

  FirePro S10000 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Tahiti Surface Book
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 12 November 2012 1 October 2015
Pipelines 4096 384
Core clock speed 825 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 950 MHz 993 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 106.4
Floating-point performance 2x 3,405 gflops
Length 305 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 480 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 +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 383 Mh/s
Optimus +
Form factor full height / full length
Dual-link DVI support +
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