Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 vs Radeon R5 430 OEM

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon R5 430 OEM. 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 Radeon R5 430 OEM. 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 Radeon R5 430 OEM
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R5 430 OEM has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is used in Laptops, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 224 MHz higher, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon R5 430 OEM are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 412 MHz higher, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 1−2
ultra / 1080p 5−6 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 12−14
medium / 1080p 12−14 3−4
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 150% more, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Radeon R5 430 OEM
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name Surface Book Oland
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 October 2015 30 June 2016
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 954 MHz 730 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz 780 MHz
Transistor count 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 18.72
Floating-point performance 599.0 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 36.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
Optimus +
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