Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Quadro M3000M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Quadro M3000M. 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 Quadro M3000M. 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 and Quadro M3000M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Quadro M3000M 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 or Quadro M3000M here:

Main Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book Quadro M3000M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Quadro M3000M has 3 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and Quadro M3000M - in Mobile workstations.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Quadro M3000M are build with Maxwell architecture.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M3000M is 96 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Quadro M3000M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 12 MHz higher, than Quadro M3000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 20−22 60−65
medium / 1080p 10−12 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M3000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 272% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book Quadro M3000M
Architecture Maxwell Maxwell
Code name Surface Book GM204
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 2 October 2015
Pipelines 384 1,024
Core clock speed 954 MHz 1050 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 67.20
Floating-point performance 2,150 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA + 5.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 253 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus + +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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