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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Radeon R7 370

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R7 370, 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 Radeon R7 370, check out specs charts below.
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    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:

    Maxwell GPU Surface Book Laptops

    Main Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon R7 370
    Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon R7 370 has 3 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 370 - in Desktops.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 370 - with GCN 1.0.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R7 370 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 4037 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 370.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 8−9 21−24
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 14−16
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 8−9
    4K / 2160p − 5−6
    low / 720p 20−22 40−45
    medium / 1080p 10−12 27−30
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 370 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 145% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

    Full Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon R7 370
    Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
    Code name Surface Book Trinidad (Pitcairn)
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 1 October 2015 5 May 2015
    Pipelines 384 1024
    Core clock speed 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz 975 MHz
    Transistor count 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 62.40
    Floating-point performance 1,997 gflops
    Length 152 mm
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 975 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0
    Vulkan +
    CUDA +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.42 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 359 Mh/s
    Optimus +
    Eyefinity +
    TrueAudio +
    Mantle +
    Design reference
    Number of Eyefinity displays 6
    DisplayPort support +
    CrossFire +
    VCE +
    DDMA audio +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.52 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 150 Sol/s
    AppAcceleration +
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