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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 vs Radeon R7 M270

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon R7 M270, 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 R7 M270, check out specs charts below.
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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon R7 M270 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon R7 M270 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 R7 M270 here:

    Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Laptops
    Radeon R7 M270 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Radeon R7 M270
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
    Memory type GDDR5 Not Listed
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 M270 - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 129 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 M270.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Radeon R7 M270 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 −
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 21−24 1−2
    medium / 1080p 12−14 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than Radeon R7 M270.

    Full Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Radeon R7 M270
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name Surface Book Opal XT / Mars
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 October 2015 7 January 2014
    Pipelines 384 384
    Core clock speed 954 MHz 825 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz
    Transistor count 950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 19.80
    Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL Not Listed
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    Laptop size medium sized
    Optimus +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
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