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    GRID M60 8Q vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M60 8Q 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 M60 8Q 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.
    GRID M60 8Q
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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

      GRID M60 8Q Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • GRID M60 8Q has 7 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
    • GRID M60 8Q is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - in Laptops.
    • GRID M60 8Q is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - with Maxwell.
    • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 397 MHz higher, than GRID M60 8Q.
    • GRID M60 8Q and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GRID M60 8Q and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 5012 MHz.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 20−22 9−10
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
    4K / 2160p 5−6 −
    low / 720p 35−40 21−24
    medium / 1080p 24−27 12−14
    The average gaming FPS of GRID M60 8Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

    Full Specs

      GRID M60 8Q Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Maxwell
    Code name GM204 Surface Book
    Type Workstation Laptop
    Release date 30 August 2015 1 October 2015
    Pipelines 2048 384
    Core clock speed 557 MHz 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 1178 MHz 993 MHz
    Transistor count 5,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 150.8
    Floating-point performance 4,833 gflops
    Length 267 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 5012 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160.4 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 1.1.126
    CUDA 5.2 +
    Optimus +
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