Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Radeon Pro WX 7100

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon Pro WX 7100. 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 Radeon Pro WX 7100. 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 Radeon Pro WX 7100
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Pro WX 7100 has 7 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro WX 7100 - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Pro WX 7100 - with Polaris.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro WX 7100 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro WX 7100 is 1988 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 24−27
QHD / 1440p 0−1 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 20−22 60−65
medium / 1080p 10−12 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro WX 7100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 290% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon Pro WX 7100
Architecture Maxwell Polaris
Code name Surface Book Polaris 12
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 1 March 2017
Pipelines 384 2304
Core clock speed 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz 1243 MHz
Transistor count 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 179.0
Floating-point performance 5,728 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 224.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 567 Mh/s
Optimus +
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