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    GeForce GTX 860M vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 860M 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 860M 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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    GeForce GTX 860M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 860M 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 860M or Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 here:

    GeForce GTX 860M Laptops
    Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 860M 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 4 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 860M has 3 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 860M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 are build with Maxwell architecture.
    • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 157 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 860M.
    • GeForce GTX 860M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 9−10
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 5−6 0−1
    4K / 2160p 4−5 −
    low / 720p 30−35 21−24
    medium / 1080p 21−24 12−14
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 860M Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Architecture Maxwell Maxwell
    Code name N15P-GX Surface Book
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2014 1 October 2015
    Pipelines 640 384
    Core clock speed 797 MHz 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 915 MHz 993 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 43.40
    Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5
    OpenCL 1.1
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA + +
    CUDA cores 1152 or 640
    Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 163 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized
    Standard memory configuration GDDR5
    eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
    LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
    HDCP content protection +
    7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI +
    TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus + +
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