GeForce RTX 4060 Ti vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book with GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, including specs and performance data.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book
2015
1 GB GDDR5
3.69

RTX 4060 Ti outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book by a whopping 1511% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking70833
Place by popularitynot in top-10014
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data83.25
Power efficiencyno data25.90
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameSurface BookAD106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 October 2015 (9 years ago)18 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores3844352
Core clock speed954 MHz2310 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHz2535 MHz
Number of transistorsno data22,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data160 Watt
Texture fill rateno data344.8
Floating-point processing powerno data22.06 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data136
Tensor Coresno data136
Ray Tracing Coresno data34

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 4.0 x8
Lengthno data240 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.0 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 data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

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.

DirectX12 (FL 11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA+8.9

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 HD24
−1358%
350−400
+1358%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data1.14

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−1471%
110−120
+1471%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−1445%
170−180
+1445%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−1400%
120−130
+1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−1400%
120−130
+1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−1471%
110−120
+1471%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−1471%
110−120
+1471%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−1500%
160−170
+1500%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−1329%
300−310
+1329%
Hitman 3 9−10
−1456%
140−150
+1456%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−1438%
400−450
+1438%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−1483%
95−100
+1483%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−1456%
140−150
+1456%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−1471%
220−230
+1471%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−1448%
650−700
+1448%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−1445%
170−180
+1445%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−1400%
120−130
+1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−1400%
120−130
+1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−1471%
110−120
+1471%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−1471%
110−120
+1471%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−1500%
160−170
+1500%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−1329%
300−310
+1329%
Hitman 3 9−10
−1456%
140−150
+1456%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−1438%
400−450
+1438%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−1483%
95−100
+1483%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−1456%
140−150
+1456%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−1471%
220−230
+1471%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−1500%
240−250
+1500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−1448%
650−700
+1448%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−1445%
170−180
+1445%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−1400%
120−130
+1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−1471%
110−120
+1471%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−1471%
110−120
+1471%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−1329%
300−310
+1329%
Hitman 3 9−10
−1456%
140−150
+1456%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−1438%
400−450
+1438%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−1471%
220−230
+1471%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−1500%
240−250
+1500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−1448%
650−700
+1448%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−1456%
140−150
+1456%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
−1483%
95−100
+1483%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−1483%
95−100
+1483%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1400%
120−130
+1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−1456%
140−150
+1456%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
−1422%
350−400
+1422%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−1471%
110−120
+1471%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−1500%
16−18
+1500%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−1500%
16−18
+1500%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book and RTX 4060 Ti compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4060 Ti is 1358% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.69 59.45
Recency 1 October 2015 18 May 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

RTX 4060 Ti has a 1511.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Maxwell GPU Surface Book in performance tests.

Be aware that Maxwell GPU Surface Book is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is a desktop one.


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