Radeon HD 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon HD 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book
2015
1 GB GDDR5
3.69
+210%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book outperforms HD 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics by a whopping 210% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7071051
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Terascale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameSurface Bookno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 October 2015 (9 years ago)15 May 2012 (12 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 cores384736
Core clock speed954 MHz655 / 600 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm

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

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz1800 MHz
Shared memory-+

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)11
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 HD23
+229%
7−8
−229%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Hitman 3 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+85.7%
14−16
−85.7%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+31.3%
30−35
−31.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Hitman 3 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+85.7%
14−16
−85.7%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+36.4%
10−12
−36.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+31.3%
30−35
−31.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Hitman 3 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+85.7%
14−16
−85.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+36.4%
10−12
−36.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+31.3%
30−35
−31.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
+283%
6−7
−283%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

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

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book and HD 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics compete in popular games:

  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 229% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 950% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, Maxwell GPU Surface Book surpassed HD 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics in all 47 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.69 1.19
Recency 1 October 2015 15 May 2012
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

Maxwell GPU Surface Book has a 210.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Maxwell GPU Surface Book is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics in performance tests.


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