GeForce 825M vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 825M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book. 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 GeForce 825M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book. 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.

GeForce 825M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 825M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 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 GeForce 825M or Maxwell GPU Surface Book here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 825M Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce 825M has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce 825M is build with Kepler architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 104 MHz higher, than GeForce 825M.
  • GeForce 825M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 3212 MHz higher, than GeForce 825M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 8−9
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 2−3 20−22
medium / 1080p 0−1 10−12
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 950% more, than GeForce 825M.

Full Specs

  GeForce 825M Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Architecture Kepler Maxwell
Code name GK208 Surface Book
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 27 January 2014 1 October 2015
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 850 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 941 MHz 993 MHz
Transistor count 915 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 30.11
Floating-point performance 722.7 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA + +
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus + +
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