Radeon R9 M365X vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R9 M365X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book
2015
1 GB GDDR5
3.69

R9 M365X outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book by a minimal 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking706698
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameSurface BookTropo
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 October 2015 (9 years ago)5 May 2015 (9 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 cores384640
Compute unitsno data10
Core clock speed954 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHz925 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Texture fill rateno data37.00
Floating-point processing powerno data1.184 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data40

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
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data72 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 dataNo outputs
Eyefinity-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync-+
HD3D-+
PowerTune-+
DualGraphics-+
ZeroCore-+
Switchable graphics-+
Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (FL 11_0)DirectX® 12
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno dataNot Listed
Mantle-+
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
+9.5%
21−24
−9.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−9.5%
21−24
+9.5%
Hitman 3 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−3.8%
27−30
+3.8%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−7.1%
14−16
+7.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−9.5%
21−24
+9.5%
Hitman 3 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−3.8%
27−30
+3.8%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−7.1%
14−16
+7.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−9.5%
21−24
+9.5%
Hitman 3 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−3.8%
27−30
+3.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−7.1%
14−16
+7.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
−4.3%
24−27
+4.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

4K
High Preset

Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book and R9 M365X compete in popular games:

  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 10% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R9 M365X is 50% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R9 M365X is ahead in 32 tests (51%)
  • there's a draw in 31 test (49%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.69 3.84
Recency 1 October 2015 5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB

Maxwell GPU Surface Book has an age advantage of 4 months.

R9 M365X, on the other hand, has a 4.1% higher aggregate performance score, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R9 M365X.


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