UHD Graphics 710 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

Place in the ranking	710	787
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	13.24
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Generation 12.2 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Surface Book	Alder Lake GT1
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 October 2015 (9 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 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 cores	384	128
Core clock speed	954 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	1300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	10.40
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.3328 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	8
TMUs	no data	8

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).

Interface	no data	Ring Bus
Width	no data	IGP

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 type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	System Shared
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors

no data

No 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.

DirectX	DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	+	-

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 HD

28
+33.3%

21−24

−33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Battlefield 5	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +31.3%	16−18 −31.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +40%	10−11 −40%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Battlefield 5	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +31.3%	16−18 −31.3%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +40%	10−11 −40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +50%	10−11 −50%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Battlefield 5	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +31.3%	16−18 −31.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +50%	10−11 −50%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Battlefield 5	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Battlefield 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%