Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Radeon Vega 10 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon Vega 10 mobile. 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 Radeon Vega 10 mobile. 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 Radeon Vega 10 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon Vega 10 mobile 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 Radeon Vega 10 mobile here:

Main Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon Vega 10 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt
Interface IGP
Memory type GDDR5 System Shared
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Vega 10 mobile - with GCN 5.0.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Vega 10 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 6−7
ultra / 1080p 5−6 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 20−22 16−18
medium / 1080p 10−12 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 22% more, than Radeon Vega 10 mobile.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon Vega 10 mobile
Architecture Maxwell GCN 5.0
Code name Surface Book Raven
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 1 October 2015 8 January 2019
Pipelines 384 640
Core clock speed 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz 1301 MHz
Transistor count 4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 52.04
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
Optimus +
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