Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs P106 090

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book and P106 090, 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 P106 090, check out specs charts below.

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 P106 090
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • P106 090 has 2 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and P106 090 - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and P106 090 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of P106 090 is 400 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and P106 090 - by 16 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of P106 090 is 2996 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 14−16
ultra / 1080p 5−6 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 20−22 30−35
medium / 1080p 10−12 18−20
The average gaming FPS of P106 090 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 72% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book P106 090
Architecture Maxwell Pascal
Code name Surface Book GP106
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 October 2015 31 July 2017
Pipelines 384 768
Core clock speed 954 MHz 1354 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz 1531 MHz
Transistor count 4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 16 nm
Texture fill rate 73.49
Floating-point performance 2,352 gflops
Length 250 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.2 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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