Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 vs Radeon HD 6770

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon HD 6770. 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 Radeon HD 6770. 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 Radeon HD 6770
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon HD 6770 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6770 - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6770 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6770 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 3962 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6770.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 3−4
ultra / 1080p 5−6 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 14−16
medium / 1080p 12−14 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon HD 6770.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Radeon HD 6770
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
Code name Surface Book Juniper
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 October 2015 21 January 2011
Pipelines 384 800
Core clock speed 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz 900 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 34.00
Floating-point performance 1,360.0 gflops
Length 198 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
CUDA +
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 118 Mh/s
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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