Radeon HD 8770M vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

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Radeon HD 8530M Radeon HD 8730A Radeon HD 8730M Radeon HD 8750A Radeon HD 8750M Radeon HD 8770M Radeon HD 8790M Radeon R5 M240 Rebrand

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and Radeon HD 8770M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
2015
1 GB GDDR5
3.69
+23%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) outperforms HD 8770M by a significant 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
HD 8770M HD 8770M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking723790
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameSurface BookMars
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 October 2015 (9 years ago)1 April 2013 (11 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 cores384384
Core clock speed954 MHz775 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHz825 MHz
Number of transistorsno data950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Texture fill rateno data19.80
Floating-point processing powerno data0.6336 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data24

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 sizeno datamedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8

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 amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data72 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 and SDK compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.012 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
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.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 3.69
+23%
HD 8770M 3.00

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.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 2577
+33.2%
HD 8770M 1934

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 HD28
−92.9%
54
+92.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Fortnite 18−20
+26.7%
14−16
−26.7%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+15.4%
12−14
−15.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 60−65
+18.9%
50−55
−18.9%
Dota 2 30−35
+14.3%
27−30
−14.3%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Fortnite 18−20
+26.7%
14−16
−26.7%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+15.4%
12−14
−15.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Dota 2 30−35
+14.3%
27−30
−14.3%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+15.4%
12−14
−15.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 18−20
+26.7%
14−16
−26.7%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 24−27
+23.8%
21−24
−23.8%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Dota 2 10−12
+37.5%
8−9
−37.5%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Valorant 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Valorant 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Valorant 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Valorant 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Valorant 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and HD 8770M compete in popular games:

  • HD 8770M is 93% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is 50% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is ahead in 31 test (52%)
  • there's a draw in 29 tests (48%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 3.69 3.00
Recency 1 October 2015 1 April 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) has a 23% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 years.

HD 8770M, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8770M in performance tests.

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