Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Quadro 2000D

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Quadro 2000D, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Maxwell GPU Surface Book stacks up against Quadro 2000D, check out specs charts below.

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 Quadro 2000D
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI
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  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Quadro 2000D have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and Quadro 2000D - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro 2000D - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 329 MHz higher, than Quadro 2000D.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro 2000D - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 2412 MHz higher, than Quadro 2000D.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 2−3
ultra / 1080p 5−6 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 20−22 12−14
medium / 1080p 10−12 3−4
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 116% more, than Quadro 2000D.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book Quadro 2000D
Architecture Maxwell Fermi
Code name Surface Book GF106
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 5 October 2011
Pipelines 384 192
Core clock speed 954 MHz 625 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops
Length 178 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 2600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA + 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 31 Mh/s
Optimus +
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