Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 vs P106 090

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and P106 090. 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 940M GDDR5 and P106 090. 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 940M GDDR5 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 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 940M GDDR5 here:

Main Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 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 940M GDDR5.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is used in Laptops, and P106 090 - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 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 940M GDDR5.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 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 940M GDDR5.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 14−16
ultra / 1080p 5−6 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 21−24 30−35
medium / 1080p 12−14 18−20
The average gaming FPS of P106 090 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 58% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 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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