Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 vs Quadro K2000

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro K2000, 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 940M GDDR5 stacks up against Quadro K2000, check out specs charts below.

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 Quadro K2000
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro K2000 has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is used in Laptops, and Quadro K2000 - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro K2000 - with Kepler.
  • Both graphics cards have the same core clock speed.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro K2000 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 1012 MHz higher, than Quadro K2000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 7−8
ultra / 1080p 5−6 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 16−18
medium / 1080p 12−14 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Quadro K2000.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Quadro K2000
Architecture Maxwell Kepler
Code name Surface Book GK107
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 1 March 2013
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 954 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 30.53
Floating-point performance 732.7 gflops
Length 202 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 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 + 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 24 Mh/s
Optimus +
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