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    GeForce GTX 950 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 950 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 950 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 950 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pins
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
    Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
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    • GeForce GTX 950 has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
    • GeForce GTX 950 is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 950 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 are build with Maxwell architecture.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 950 is 70 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
    • GeForce GTX 950 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 5006 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 950.

    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 GeForce GTX 950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 950 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Architecture Maxwell Maxwell
    Code name GM206 Surface Book
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 20 August 2015 1 October 2015
    Pipelines 768 384
    Core clock speed 1024 MHz 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 1188 MHz 993 MHz
    Transistor count 2,940 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 49.2 billion/sec
    Floating-point performance 1,825 gflops
    Length 7.938" (20.2 cm)
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 6.6 GB/s 5012 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 105.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 6.4
    OpenGL 4.5
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA + +
    CUDA cores 768
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0
    Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support 4 displays
    HDCP +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI Internal
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 233 Mh/s
    Optimus +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 9.97 Mh/s
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
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