Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 vs Tesla C2050

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Tesla C2050. 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 Tesla C2050. 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 Tesla C2050
Power consumption (TDP) 238 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI
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  • Tesla C2050 has 2 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is used in Laptops, and Tesla C2050 - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Tesla C2050 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 380 MHz higher, than Tesla C2050.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Tesla C2050 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 2012 MHz higher, than Tesla C2050.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 18−20
ultra / 1080p 5−6 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 21−24 35−40
medium / 1080p 12−14 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla C2050 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Tesla C2050
Architecture Maxwell Fermi
Code name Surface Book GF100
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 25 July 2011
Pipelines 384 448
Core clock speed 954 MHz 574 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,030.4 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 3000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 144.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA + 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 90 Mh/s
Optimus +
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