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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Radeon R9 M395X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R9 M395X, 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 stacks up against Radeon R9 M395X, check out specs charts below.
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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R9 M395X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R9 M395X 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 or Radeon R9 M395X here:

    Maxwell GPU Surface Book Laptops
    Radeon R9 M395X Laptops

    Main Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon R9 M395X
    Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M395X has 3 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M395X - with GCN 3.
    • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 231 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M395X.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R9 M395X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 3762 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M395X.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 8−9 24−27
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 14−16
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 9−10
    4K / 2160p − 6−7
    low / 720p 20−22 45−50
    medium / 1080p 10−12 30−35
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M395X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 172% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

    Full Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon R9 M395X
    Architecture Maxwell GCN 3
    Code name Surface Book Amethyst XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 October 2015 16 October 2014
    Pipelines 384 2048
    Core clock speed 954 MHz 723 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz
    Transistor count 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 92.54
    Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 6.3
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL Not Listed
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 413 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    TrueAudio +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
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