Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 vs Quadro M600M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro M600M, 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 M600M, check out specs charts below.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro M600M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro M600M 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 M600M here:

Main Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Quadro M600M
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Quadro M600M has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is used in Laptops, and Quadro M600M - in Mobile workstations.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro M600M are build with Maxwell architecture.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 117 MHz higher, than Quadro M600M.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro M600M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro M600M is 5012 MHz.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 10−11
ultra / 1080p 5−6 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 21−24 21−24
medium / 1080p 12−14 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M600M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 8% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Quadro M600M
Architecture Maxwell Maxwell
Code name Surface Book GM107
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 2 October 2015
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 954 MHz 837 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz 876 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 14.02
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA + 5.0
Laptop size large
Optimus + +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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