Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile and Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
2017
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
15.29
+314%

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) by a whopping 314% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking348713
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.98no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGP107Surface Book
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)1 October 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores768384
Core clock speed1493 MHz954 MHz
Boost clock speed1620 MHz993 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate77.76no data
Floating-point processing power2.488 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs48no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed7 GB/s5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus-+
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 15.29
+314%
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 3.69

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 9616
+273%
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 2577

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 7741
+273%
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 2076

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 50514
+344%
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 11380

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 299188
+142%
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 123411

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD56
+100%
28
−100%
1440p25
+317%
6−7
−317%
4K17
+325%
4−5
−325%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 43
+291%
10−12
−291%
Battlefield 5 59
+638%
8−9
−638%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 47
+488%
8−9
−488%
Far Cry 5 47
+571%
7−8
−571%
Far Cry New Dawn 46
+360%
10−11
−360%
Forza Horizon 4 62
+195%
21−24
−195%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
+267%
9−10
−267%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 39
+179%
14−16
−179%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 37
+236%
10−12
−236%
Battlefield 5 49
+513%
8−9
−513%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
+313%
8−9
−313%
Far Cry 5 44
+529%
7−8
−529%
Far Cry New Dawn 42
+320%
10−11
−320%
Forza Horizon 4 57
+171%
21−24
−171%
Metro Exodus 19
+217%
6−7
−217%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+367%
9−10
−367%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 33
+136%
14−16
−136%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 47
+213%
14−16
−213%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 23
+109%
10−12
−109%
Battlefield 5 42
+425%
8−9
−425%
Far Cry 5 40
+471%
7−8
−471%
Far Cry New Dawn 38
+280%
10−11
−280%
Forza Horizon 4 43
+105%
21−24
−105%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 26
+73.3%
14−16
−73.3%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21
+600%
3−4
−600%
Metro Exodus 12
+500%
2−3
−500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+257%
7−8
−257%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 17
+325%
4−5
−325%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Battlefield 5 29
+383%
6−7
−383%
Far Cry 5 26
+550%
4−5
−550%
Far Cry New Dawn 27
+350%
6−7
−350%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+3900%
2−3
−3900%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
+300%
1−2
−300%
Metro Exodus 7
+600%
1−2
−600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8
+700%
1−2
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 17
+325%
4−5
−325%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Battlefield 5 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Far Cry 5 12
+500%
2−3
−500%
Far Cry New Dawn 13
+550%
2−3
−550%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%

This is how GTX 1050 Ti Mobile and Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 100% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 317% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 325% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 3900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 1050 Ti Mobile surpassed Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) in all 38 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.29 3.69
Recency 3 January 2017 1 October 2015
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile has a 314.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) in performance tests.


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