NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

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 NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book  vs  AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000).

429
Place in performance rating
411
Maxwell
Architecture
Vega
Surface Book
Code name
Vega Raven Ridge
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 October 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
26 October 2017 (4 years ago)
Surface Book
GPU code name
Vega Raven Ridge
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book  vs  AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 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.

384
Pipelines
512
954 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
993 MHz
Boost Clock
1200 MHz
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
993 MHz
Boost clock speed
1200 MHz

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 NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000).

GDDR5
Memory type
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1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
no data
64 Bit
Memory bus width
no data
5012 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
-
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
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Optimus
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 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. 

DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
DirectX
DirectX 12_1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 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 NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book or AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 62.1 20.8 13.9
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 43 22 20 15
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 NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book

0.17% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

More pipelines (512 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

So, NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book or AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book .

NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book versus AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) performance benchmarks comparison

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