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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, 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 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, check out specs charts below.
    Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Check Price
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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge here:

    Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Laptops
    Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Laptops

    Main Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
    Power consumption (TDP) 12-45 Watt
    Memory type GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
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    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 3−4
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 1−2
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 21−24 14−16
    medium / 1080p 12−14 5−6
    The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

    Full Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
    Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.2/2.0
    Code name Surface Book Bristol Ridge
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 October 2015 1 June 2016
    Pipelines 384 384
    Core clock speed 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz 800 MHz
    Transistor count 3100 Million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 64/128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
    Shared memory - +
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
    CUDA +
    Laptop size medium sized
    Optimus +
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