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    GeForce GTX 590 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 590 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 590 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.
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    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 590 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) 1 GB
    Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
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    • GeForce GTX 590 has 3071 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
    • GeForce GTX 590 is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 590 is build with Fermi architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - with Maxwell.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 590 is 261 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
    • GeForce GTX 590 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 3305 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 590.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 9−10
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
    low / 720p 35−40 21−24
    medium / 1080p 21−24 12−14
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 590 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 75% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 590 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Architecture Fermi Maxwell
    Code name GF110 Surface Book
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 24 March 2011 1 October 2015
    Pipelines 1024 384
    Core clock speed 1215 MHz 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz
    Transistor count 3,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 77.7 billion/sec
    Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops
    Length 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
    Memory bus width 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1707 MHz 5012 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 327.7 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 1024
    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) 107 Mh/s
    Optimus +
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