Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 vs Quadro 2000

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro 2000. 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro 2000. 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

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Quadro 2000
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro 2000 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is used in Laptops, and Quadro 2000 - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro 2000 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 329 MHz higher, than Quadro 2000.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro 2000 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 2412 MHz higher, than Quadro 2000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 1−2
ultra / 1080p 5−6 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 10−12
medium / 1080p 12−14 2−3
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 200% more, than Quadro 2000.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Quadro 2000
Architecture Maxwell Fermi
Code name Surface Book GF106
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 24 December 2010
Pipelines 384 192
Core clock speed 954 MHz 625 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops
Length 178 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 2600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA + 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 31 Mh/s
Optimus +
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