GRID K160Q vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID K160Q 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 GRID K160Q 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

  GRID K160Q Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GRID K160Q and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • GRID K160Q is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - in Laptops.
  • GRID K160Q is build with Kepler architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 104 MHz higher, than GRID K160Q.
  • GRID K160Q 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 3230 MHz higher, than GRID K160Q.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 9−10
ultra / 1080p 0−1 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 9−10 21−24
medium / 1080p 1−2 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 240% more, than GRID K160Q.

Full Specs

  GRID K160Q Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
Architecture Kepler Maxwell
Code name GK107 Surface Book
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 28 June 2013 1 October 2015
Pipelines 192 384
Core clock speed 850 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 13.60
Floating-point performance 326.4 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0 +
Optimus +
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