Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Quadro 6000

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Quadro 6000. 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 Quadro 6000. 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 Quadro 6000
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro 6000 has 5 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and Quadro 6000 - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro 6000 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 380 MHz higher, than Quadro 6000.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro 6000 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 2024 MHz higher, than Quadro 6000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 14−16
ultra / 1080p 5−6 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 20−22 27−30
medium / 1080p 10−12 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 6000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 54% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book Quadro 6000
Architecture Maxwell Fermi
Code name Surface Book GF100
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 10 December 2010
Pipelines 384 448
Core clock speed 954 MHz 574 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,027.7 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 143.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA + 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 91 Mh/s
Optimus +
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