NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs NVIDIA GeForce 910M
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
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The Nvidia Maxwell GPU is a dedicated graphics card in the Microsoft Surface Book laptop. It is based on the Maxwell GM108 chip as the Geforce 940M with 384 shaders. Instead of the DDR3 graphics memory, the Surface Book graphics card features faster GDDR5 memory (both 64 Bit though).
Thanks to the faster graphics memory, the Surface Book Geforce is performing better than the average GeForce 940M. However, the 945M and GTX 950M are still noticeably faster. Demanding games therefore only run in low settings fluently.
More details can be found in our extensive review of the 2015 Microsoft Surface Book with the dedicated Maxwell GPU.
NVIDIA GeForce 910M
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The NVIDIA GeForce 910M is an entry-level DirectX 12 compatible graphics card announced in late 2015. Its core is based on the 28nm GF117 chip (Fermi architecture) and is equipped with 64-bit DDR3 memory. The 910M is a renamed GeForce 820M, which already was based on the the old GT 620M, GT 720M and GeForce 710M.
Architecture
The GF117 is based on the optimized GF108 Fermi chip (GeForce GT 540M) and offers 96 shaders, 16 TMUs and 4 ROPs. Each shader core is clocked twice as fast as the rest of the graphics chip, a technique known as hot clocking. More detailed information on Fermi can be found on the GT 435M GPU page.
It should be noted that the GF117 does not offer dedicated graphic ports and can therefore only be used in conjunction with Optimus.
The 820M supports GPU Boost 2.0, which can automatically overclock the card if the laptop cooling system allows it.
Performance
The gaming performance should be identical to the old GeForce 820M (see this page for benchmarks and game tests) and therefore also GT 720M and the Intel Iris Graphics 5100. This places the card in the entry level segment. Only old or low demanding games run fluent on this graphics card.
Features
The shader cores (also called CUDA cores) can be used for general calculations with APIs such as CUDA, DirectCompute 2.1 and OpenCL. PhysX is theoretically possible, but the 910M is too slow to handle both PhysX and 3D rendering in modern games. 3D Vision is not supported according to Nvidia.
Power consumption
The power consumption of the Geforce 910M should be similar to the old 820M and GT 720M. As a result, the GPU is best suited for notebooks 13 inches in size or greater. The efficiency however cant be compared to a modern Maxwell based GPU like the GeForce 920MX.
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| Codename | Surface Book | N15V-GM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Maxwell | Kepler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 384 - unified | 384 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 954 - 993 (Boost) MHz | 641 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 5012 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | DDR3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 1024 MB | 2048 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.5 | DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 28 nm | 28 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | GPU Boost 2.0, Optimus, PhysX, CUDA, GeForce Experience | PhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, Play, Optimus, GPU Boost 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 01.10.2015 | 01.09.2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 15 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transistors | 900 Million |
Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce 910M
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + NVIDIA GeForce 910M
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book → 100% n=16
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce 910M → 57% n=16
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
The Division
2016
Far Cry Primal
2016
XCOM 2
2016
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
Just Cause 3
2015
Anno 2205
2015
World of Warships
2015
Metal Gear Solid V
2015
Dirt Rally
2015
Battlefield Hardline
2015
F1 2014
2014
Thief
2014
Battlefield 4
2013
Metro: Last Light
2013
BioShock Infinite
2013
Tomb Raider
2013
Counter-Strike: GO
2012
Sleeping Dogs
2012
Diablo III
2012Average Gaming NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce 910M → 53%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 53%
| NVIDIA GeForce 910M | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K |
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| Mirror's Edge Catalyst | 22.6 | 13.8 | 6.5 | 3.9 | ||
| The Division | 19.6 | 11.5 | 5.6 | 3.1 | ||
| Far Cry Primal | 16 | 8 | 7 | 5 | ||
| XCOM 2 | 13.5 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 2.1 | ||
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 14.5 | 9.4 | 6.1 | 3.5 | ||
| Rainbow Six Siege | 38.8 | 25.3 | 12.6 | 10.7 | ||
| Just Cause 3 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 8.1 | 5.7 | ||
| Star Wars Battlefront | 23.2 | 16.2 | 7.7 | 4.3 | ||
| Anno 2205 | 22.1 | 13.7 | 6.3 | 3.1 | ||
| World of Warships | 33.8 | 27.2 | 20 | 13.9 | ||
| Metal Gear Solid V | 40.9 | 29.3 | 13.2 | 8.7 | ||
| Batman: Arkham Knight | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Dirt Rally | 46.8 | 24 | 16.8 | 12.5 | ||
| Battlefield Hardline | 7.9 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | ||
| Dragon Age: Inquisition | 28.2 | 20.1 | 7.2 | 4.4 | ||
| F1 2014 | 41 | 32 | 24 | 16 | ||
| Battlefield 4 | 33.7 | 24.6 | 18.6 | 7.3 | ||
| BioShock Infinite | 50.4 | 29.9 | 25.8 | 8.6 | ||
| Tomb Raider | 73.6 | 38.3 | 24.9 | 10.7 | ||
| Counter-Strike: GO | 39.1 | 36.3 | 34.2 | 29.7 | ||
| Diablo III | 52.8 | 48.6 | 45.5 | 30.6 | ||
| < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 11 9 1 | 17 4 | 19 2 | 20 1 | | |
| NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K |
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| Metal Gear Solid V | 42 | 35.9 | 19.7 | 13.3 | ||
| Batman: Arkham Knight | 23 | 14 | ||||
| F1 2014 | 117 | 94 | 76 | 49 | ||
| Thief | 45.6 | 28.2 | 22.3 | 9.4 | ||
| Metro: Last Light | 59.6 | 44.7 | 30.7 | 15.7 | ||
| BioShock Infinite | 94.2 | 64.8 | 56.5 | 20.8 | ||
| StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | 258 | 141.2 | 74.2 | 37.5 | ||
| Tomb Raider | 161.5 | 82.8 | 55.2 | 25.8 | ||
| Sleeping Dogs | 112.4 | 85.6 | 42.8 | 10.9 | ||
| < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 3 3 2 | 2 2 4 1 | 2 4 2 | 6 2 | | |
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