RTX A400 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

Place in the ranking	706	440
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	14.16
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Surface Book	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	1 October 2015 (9 years ago)	16 April 2024 (less than a 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 cores	384	768
Core clock speed	954 MHz	727 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	1762 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	42.29
Floating-point processing power	no data	2.706 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	16
TMUs	no data	24
Tensor Cores	no data	24
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	6

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	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	163 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	96 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 Connectors

no data

4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

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	12 (FL 11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

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

−161%

60−65
+161%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8
−157%

18−20

+157%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −163%	21−24 +163%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −163%	21−24 +163%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −170%	27−30 +170%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −162%	55−60 +162%
Hitman 3	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −169%	70−75 +169%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −162%	110−120 +162%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −163%	21−24 +163%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −163%	21−24 +163%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −170%	27−30 +170%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −162%	55−60 +162%
Hitman 3	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −169%	70−75 +169%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −167%	40−45 +167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −162%	110−120 +162%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −163%	21−24 +163%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −162%	55−60 +162%
Hitman 3	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −169%	70−75 +169%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −167%	40−45 +167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −162%	110−120 +162%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
−167%

24−27

+167%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Hitman 3	8−9 −163%	21−24 +163%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −161%	60−65 +161%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
−157%

18−20

+157%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
−150%

10−11

+150%

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book and RTX A400 compete in popular games:

RTX A400 is 161% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.69	10.18
Recency	1 October 2015	16 April 2024
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm

RTX A400 has a 175.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A400 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 RTX A400 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.