Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 vs Radeon R7 M340

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon R7 M340. 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 R7 M340. 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 R7 M340 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon R7 M340 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 R7 M340 here:

Main Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Radeon R7 M340
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon R7 M340 has 3 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 M340 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R7 M340 is 67 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon R7 M340 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 4012 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 M340.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 0−1
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 1−2
medium / 1080p 12−14 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than Radeon R7 M340.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Radeon R7 M340
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name Surface Book Meso Pro DDR3
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 1 October 2015 16 June 2015
Pipelines 384 320
Core clock speed 954 MHz 1021 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz 1021 MHz
Transistor count 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.16
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL Not Listed
Vulkan +
CUDA +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 74 Mh/s
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 6
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