Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 vs Radeon PRO WX 2100

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon PRO WX 2100. 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 PRO WX 2100. 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 and Radeon PRO WX 2100 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon PRO WX 2100 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 Radeon PRO WX 2100 here:

Main Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Radeon PRO WX 2100
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon PRO WX 2100 has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is used in Laptops, and Radeon PRO WX 2100 - in Mobile workstations.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon PRO WX 2100 - with Polaris.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon PRO WX 2100 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon PRO WX 2100 is 988 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 7−8
ultra / 1080p 5−6 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 18−20
medium / 1080p 12−14 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Radeon PRO WX 2100.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Radeon PRO WX 2100
Architecture Maxwell Polaris
Code name Surface Book Polaris 12
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 21 March 2018
Pipelines 384 512
Core clock speed 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz 1219 MHz
Transistor count 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 39.01
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
FreeSync +
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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