Data Center GPU Max 1550 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking712not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Generation 12.5 (2021−2023)
GPU code nameSurface BookPonte Vecchio
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 October 2015 (9 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores38416384
Core clock speed954 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHz1600 MHz
Number of transistorsno data100,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data600 Watt
Texture fill rateno data1,638
Floating-point processing powerno data52.43 TFLOPS
TMUsno data1024
Tensor Coresno data1024
Ray Tracing Coresno data128

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 x16
Widthno dataOAM Module

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 typeGDDR5HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data3,277 GB/s
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 dataNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.012 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2015 10 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm

Data Center GPU Max 1550 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and Data Center GPU Max 1550. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is a notebook card while Data Center GPU Max 1550 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
Intel Data Center GPU Max 1550
Data Center GPU Max 1550

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