AMD Caicos
VS
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
AMD Caicos
VS
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Caicos  vs  NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5).

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Place in performance rating
430
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Maxwell
Caicos
Code name
Surface Book
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
1 October 2015 (6 years ago)
$10.38
Price now
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Caicos
GPU code name
Surface Book
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Caicos  vs  NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

160
Pipelines
384
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Core clock speed
954 MHz
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Boost Clock
993 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
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40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
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Boost clock speed
993 MHz
370 million
Number of transistors
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Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Caicos vs NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5).

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
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Memory bus width
64 Bit
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Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
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Shared memory
-

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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GPU Boost
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CUDA
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GeForce Experience
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Optimus
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Caicos and NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
4.4
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Caicos and NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Caicos or NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Caicos

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

10.92% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 160)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

So, AMD Caicos or NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) .

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