Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and GeForce MX230 - video card comparison
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
GeForce MX230
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
Surface Book
N17S-G0
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
October 2015
February 2019
Interface
-
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Boost clock speed
993 MHz
1531 MHz
Core clock speed
954 MHz
1519 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
-
1,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
256
Power consumption (TDP)
-
10 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
25.31
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
48.06 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
No outputs
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
-
1.2
OpenGL
-
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.4
Vulkan
-
1.2.131
Optimus
+
+