Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Quadro P400

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Quadro P400. 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 P400. 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 Quadro P400
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro P400 has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and Quadro P400 - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro P400 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P400 is 274 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro P400 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 1004 MHz higher, than Quadro P400.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 7−8
ultra / 1080p 5−6 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 20−22 18−20
medium / 1080p 10−12 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 10% more, than Quadro P400.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book Quadro P400
Architecture Maxwell Pascal
Code name Surface Book GP107
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 7 February 2017
Pipelines 384 256
Core clock speed 954 MHz 1228 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz 1252 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 20.03
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4008 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.06 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA + 6.1
Optimus +
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