Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) vs Quadro P2000

Place in the ranking	291	712
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.62	no data
Power efficiency	17.51	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	GP106	Surface Book
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	6 February 2017 (7 years ago)	1 October 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$585	no data

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 cores	1024	384
Core clock speed	1076 MHz	954 MHz
Boost clock speed	1480 MHz	993 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	94.72	no data
Floating-point processing power	3.031 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	40	no data
TMUs	64	no data

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	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	201 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	160 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth	140.2 GB/s	no data
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

4x DisplayPort

no data

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 (12_1)	DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	+	-
CUDA	6.1	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro P2000 18.84
+411%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 3.69

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Quadro P2000 8387
+225%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 2577

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Quadro P2000 6847
+230%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 2076

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Quadro P2000 43566
+283%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 11380

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Quadro P2000 350317
+184%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 123411

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	55 +96.4%	28 −96.4%
1440p	22 +450%	4−5 −450%
4K	18 +500%	3−4 −500%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	10.64	no data
1440p	26.59	no data
4K	32.50	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−33

+500%

5−6
−500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +282%	10−12 −282%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +417%	6−7 −417%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +675%	8−9 −675%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +375%	8−9 −375%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 +500%	5−6 −500%
Far Cry 5	42 +500%	7−8 −500%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +410%	10−11 −410%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +462%	21−24 −462%
Hitman 3	35−40 +429%	7−8 −429%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +411%	18−20 −411%
Metro Exodus	65−70 +442%	12−14 −442%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +467%	9−10 −467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	77 +450%	14−16 −450%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +450%	16−18 −450%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +282%	10−12 −282%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +417%	6−7 −417%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +675%	8−9 −675%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +375%	8−9 −375%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 +500%	5−6 −500%
Far Cry 5	33 +371%	7−8 −371%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +410%	10−11 −410%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +462%	21−24 −462%
Hitman 3	35−40 +429%	7−8 −429%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +411%	18−20 −411%
Metro Exodus	65−70 +983%	6−7 −983%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +467%	9−10 −467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 +343%	14−16 −343%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +187%	14−16 −187%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +450%	16−18 −450%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +282%	10−12 −282%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +417%	6−7 −417%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +443%	7−8 −443%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 +500%	5−6 −500%
Far Cry 5	26 +271%	7−8 −271%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +462%	21−24 −462%
Hitman 3	35−40 +429%	7−8 −429%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +411%	18−20 −411%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 +417%	12−14 −417%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	25 +66.7%	14−16 −66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +450%	16−18 −450%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55

+467%

9−10
−467%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +414%	7−8 −414%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +480%	5−6 −480%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +533%	3−4 −533%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +467%	3−4 −467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +425%	4−5 −425%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Far Cry 5	14 +250%	4−5 −250%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +5100%	2−3 −5100%
Hitman 3	21−24 +450%	4−5 −450%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +443%	7−8 −443%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +483%	6−7 −483%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +443%	7−8 −443%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +425%	4−5 −425%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +433%	21−24 −433%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

+417%

6−7
−417%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +600%	2−3 −600%
Hitman 3	14−16 +600%	2−3 −600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +439%	18−20 −439%
Metro Exodus	20−22 +567%	3−4 −567%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13 +550%	2−3 −550%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	7 +250%	2−3 −250%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +1200%	2−3 −1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +425%	4−5 −425%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

+467%

3−4
−467%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

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

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

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

This is how Quadro P2000 and Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) compete in popular games:

Quadro P2000 is 96% faster in 1080p
Quadro P2000 is 450% faster in 1440p
Quadro P2000 is 500% faster in 4K

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Quadro P2000 is 5100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Quadro P2000 is ahead in 28 tests (74%)
there's a draw in 10 tests (26%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	18.84	3.69
Recency	6 February 2017	1 October 2015
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	28 nm

Quadro P2000 has a 410.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro P2000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P2000 is a workstation card while Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is a notebook one.

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