Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Radeon RX 570X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon RX 570X, 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 RX 570X, check out specs charts below.

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 RX 570X
Power consumption (TDP) 120 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 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon RX 570X has 7 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 570X - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 570X - with GCN 4.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 570X is 214 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 570X - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 570X is 1988 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 9−10
ultra / 1080p 5−6 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 20−22 21−24
medium / 1080p 10−12 10−12
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 570X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 9% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon RX 570X
Architecture Maxwell GCN 4.0
Code name Surface Book Polaris 20
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 October 2015 11 April 2018
Pipelines 384 2048
Core clock speed 954 MHz 1168 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz 1244 MHz
Transistor count 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 159.2
Floating-point performance 5,095 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 +
Optimus +
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