Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 vs Quadro P2000

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro P2000, 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 P2000, check out specs charts below.

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 P2000
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 5 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro P2000 has 4 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is used in Laptops, and Quadro P2000 - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro P2000 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P2000 is 122 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro P2000 - by 16 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P2000 is 1996 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 24−27
QHD / 1440p 0−1 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 21−24 60−65
medium / 1080p 12−14 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P2000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 258% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Quadro P2000
Architecture Maxwell Pascal
Code name Surface Book GP106
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 6 February 2017
Pipelines 384 1024
Core clock speed 954 MHz 1076 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz 1480 MHz
Transistor count 4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 16 nm
Texture fill rate 94.72
Floating-point performance 3,031 gflops
Length 201 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 160 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth 140.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA + 6.1
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.19 kh/s
Optimus +
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