Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 vs Quadro K2000M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro K2000M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 stacks up against Quadro K2000M, check out specs charts below.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro K2000M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro K2000M 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 or Quadro K2000M here:

Main Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Quadro K2000M
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0)
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Quadro K2000M has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is used in Laptops, and Quadro K2000M - in Mobile workstations.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro K2000M - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 209 MHz higher, than Quadro K2000M.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro K2000M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 3212 MHz higher, than Quadro K2000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 1−2
ultra / 1080p 5−6 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 12−14
medium / 1080p 12−14 3−4
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 150% more, than Quadro K2000M.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Quadro K2000M
Architecture Maxwell Kepler
Code name Surface Book N14P-Q3
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 1 June 2012
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 954 MHz 745 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 23.84
Floating-point performance 572.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA + +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 18 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus + +
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