Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Tesla M10

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Tesla M10. 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 Tesla M10. 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 Tesla M10
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Tesla M10 has 7 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and Tesla M10 - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Tesla M10 are build with Maxwell architecture.
  • Core clock speed of Tesla M10 is 79 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Tesla M10 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M10 is 188 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 18−20
ultra / 1080p 5−6 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 20−22 35−40
medium / 1080p 10−12 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M10 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book Tesla M10
Architecture Maxwell Maxwell
Code name Surface Book GM107
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 18 May 2016
Pipelines 384 640
Core clock speed 954 MHz 1033 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz 1306 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 52.24
Floating-point performance 4x 1,672 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 5200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA + 5.0
Optimus +
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