Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Surface Book
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
October 2015
January 2021
Interface
-
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
993 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
954 MHz
1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
-
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
-
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
199.0
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
-
2.0
OpenGL
-
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.5
Vulkan
-
1.2
Optimus
+
-