Radeon HD 6430M vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon HD 6430M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Maxwell GPU Surface Book outperforms HD 6430M by a whopping 637% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 729 | 1253 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Surface Book | Seymour |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 October 2015 (9 years ago) | 4 January 2011 (14 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 | 160 |
| Core clock speed | 954 MHz | 480 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 993 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 370 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 3.840 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.1536 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 4 |
| 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 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
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 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 12.8 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 | No 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.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| 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 | 22
+1000%
| 2−3
−1000%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 12−14
+1100%
|
1−2
−1100%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
+600%
|
1−2
−600%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
+500%
|
1−2
−500%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
+1200%
|
1−2
−1200%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 12−14
+1100%
|
1−2
−1100%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
+600%
|
1−2
−600%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
+700%
|
1−2
−700%
|
| Fortnite | 18−20
+850%
|
2−3
−850%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
+300%
|
4−5
−300%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
+500%
|
1−2
−500%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
+114%
|
7−8
−114%
|
| Valorant | 50−55
+85.2%
|
27−30
−85.2%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
+1200%
|
1−2
−1200%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 12−14
+1100%
|
1−2
−1100%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 60−65
+294%
|
16−18
−294%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
+600%
|
1−2
−600%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
+191%
|
10−12
−191%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
+700%
|
1−2
−700%
|
| Fortnite | 18−20
+850%
|
2−3
−850%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
+300%
|
4−5
−300%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 10−11
+900%
|
1−2
−900%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
+500%
|
1−2
−500%
|
| Metro Exodus | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
+114%
|
7−8
−114%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−11
+150%
|
4−5
−150%
|
| Valorant | 50−55
+85.2%
|
27−30
−85.2%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
+1200%
|
1−2
−1200%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
+600%
|
1−2
−600%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
+191%
|
10−12
−191%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
+700%
|
1−2
−700%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
+300%
|
4−5
−300%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
+500%
|
1−2
−500%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
+114%
|
7−8
−114%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−11
+150%
|
4−5
−150%
|
| Valorant | 50−55
+85.2%
|
27−30
−85.2%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 18−20
+850%
|
2−3
−850%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 24−27
+2500%
|
1−2
−2500%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 27−30
+460%
|
5−6
−460%
|
| Valorant | 35−40
+775%
|
4−5
−775%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
+700%
|
1−2
−700%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6 | 0−1 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 7−8 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18
+6.7%
|
14−16
−6.7%
|
| Valorant | 16−18
+467%
|
3−4
−467%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 10−11
+900%
|
1−2
−900%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5
+300%
|
1−2
−300%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
+100%
|
2−3
−100%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 4−5
+100%
|
2−3
−100%
|
This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book and HD 6430M compete in popular games:
- Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 1000% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 2500% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, Maxwell GPU Surface Book surpassed HD 6430M in all 30 of our tests.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.17 | 0.43 |
| Recency | 1 October 2015 | 4 January 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Maxwell GPU Surface Book has a 637.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
The Maxwell GPU Surface Book is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6430M in performance tests.
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