GeForce MX150 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce MX150 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 MX150 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.

GeForce MX150 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce MX150 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 MX150 or Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce MX150 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce MX150 has 3 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce MX150 is build with Pascal architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce MX150 is 514 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • GeForce MX150 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce MX150 is 996 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 9−10
ultra / 1080p 7−8 5−6
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 21−24
medium / 1080p 14−16 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce MX150 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 25% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

Full Specs

  GeForce MX150 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
Architecture Pascal Maxwell
Code name N17S-G1 Surface Book
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 16 May 2017 1 October 2015
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 1468 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 1532 MHz 993 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 24.91
Floating-point performance 1,127 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1 +
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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