Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs NVS 510

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book and NVS 510. 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 and NVS 510. 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 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 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 here:

Main Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book NVS 510
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • NVS 510 has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and NVS 510 - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and NVS 510 - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 157 MHz higher, than NVS 510.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book and NVS 510 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 3230 MHz higher, than NVS 510.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 0−1
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 20−22 1−2
medium / 1080p 10−12 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2000% more, than NVS 510.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book NVS 510
Architecture Maxwell Kepler
Code name Surface Book GK107
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 23 October 2012
Pipelines 384 192
Core clock speed 954 MHz 797 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 12.75
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1782 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA + 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 17 Mh/s
Optimus +
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