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AMD Radeon 740M vs NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs NVIDIA GeForce 910M

AMD Radeon 740M

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The AMD Radeon 740M is an integrated GPU in the Ryzen 7040 series for laptops (Phoenix, e.g. Ryzen 5 7540U). The iGPU is based on the new RDNA3 architecture and has only 4 of the 12 CUs (= 256 shaders) clocked at up to 2.5 GHz (depending on the CPU model). The 740M supports hardware raytracing, although the performance is too slow to use it in current games.

Due to the reduced core count and clock speed, the performance is clearly below the Radeon 760M and 780M.

Thanks to the modern 4nm process and clever power-saving features, the power consumption is comparatively low (according to AMD). The whole chip of the first two models can be configured between 15 - 30 Watt TDP.

NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book

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The Nvidia Maxwell GPU is a dedicated graphics card in the Microsoft Surface Book laptop. It is based on the Maxwell GM108 chip as the Geforce 940M with 384 shaders. Instead of the DDR3 graphics memory, the Surface Book graphics card features faster GDDR5 memory (both 64 Bit though). 

Thanks to the faster graphics memory, the Surface Book Geforce is performing better than the average GeForce 940M. However, the 945M and GTX 950M are still noticeably faster. Demanding games therefore only run in low settings fluently.

More details can be found in our extensive review of the 2015 Microsoft Surface Book with the dedicated Maxwell GPU.

NVIDIA GeForce 910M

► remove from comparison NVIDIA GeForce 910M

The NVIDIA GeForce 910M is an entry-level DirectX 12 compatible graphics card announced in late 2015. Its core is based on the 28nm GF117 chip (Fermi architecture) and is equipped with 64-bit DDR3 memory. The 910M is a renamed GeForce 820M, which already was based on the the old GT 620M, GT 720M and GeForce 710M.

Architecture

The GF117 is based on the optimized GF108 Fermi chip (GeForce GT 540M) and offers 96 shaders, 16 TMUs and 4 ROPs. Each shader core is clocked twice as fast as the rest of the graphics chip, a technique known as hot clocking. More detailed information on Fermi can be found on the GT 435M GPU page.

It should be noted that the GF117 does not offer dedicated graphic ports and can therefore only be used in conjunction with Optimus.

The 820M supports GPU Boost 2.0, which can automatically overclock the card if the laptop cooling system allows it.

Performance

The gaming performance should be identical to the old GeForce 820M (see this page for benchmarks and game tests) and therefore also GT 720M and the Intel Iris Graphics 5100. This places the card in the entry level segment. Only old or low demanding games run fluent on this graphics card.

Features

The shader cores (also called CUDA cores) can be used for general calculations with APIs such as CUDA, DirectCompute 2.1 and OpenCL. PhysX is theoretically possible, but the 910M is too slow to handle both PhysX and 3D rendering in modern games. 3D Vision is not supported according to Nvidia.

Power consumption

The power consumption of the Geforce 910M should be similar to the old 820M and GT 720M. As a result, the GPU is best suited for notebooks 13 inches in size or greater. The efficiency however cant be compared to a modern Maxwell based GPU like the GeForce 920MX.

AMD Radeon 740MNVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface BookNVIDIA GeForce 910M
GeForce 900M Series
Radeon 780M 768 @ 1.5 - 3 GHz
Radeon 760M 512 @ 1.5 - 2.8 GHz
Radeon 740M 256 @ 1.5 - 2.5 GHz
GeForce 945M 512 @ 0.93 - 1.05 GHz128 Bit @ 2000 MHz
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5) 384 @ 0.95 - 0.99 GHz64 Bit @ 5012 MHz
GeForce 940MX 384 @ 1.12 - 1.24 GHz64 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce 940M 384 @ 1.07 - 1.18 GHz64 Bit @ 2000 MHz
GeForce 930MX 384 @ 0.95 - 1.02 GHz64 Bit @ 2000 MHz
GeForce 930M 384 @ 0.93 - 0.94 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce 920MX 256 @ 0.97 - 0.99 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce 920M 384 @ 0.95 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce 910M 384 @ 0.64 GHz64 Bit @ 2000 MHz
GeForce 945M 512 @ 0.93 - 1.05 GHz128 Bit @ 2000 MHz
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5) 384 @ 0.95 - 0.99 GHz64 Bit @ 5012 MHz
GeForce 940MX 384 @ 1.12 - 1.24 GHz64 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce 940M 384 @ 1.07 - 1.18 GHz64 Bit @ 2000 MHz
GeForce 930MX 384 @ 0.95 - 1.02 GHz64 Bit @ 2000 MHz
GeForce 930M 384 @ 0.93 - 0.94 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce 920MX 256 @ 0.97 - 0.99 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce 920M 384 @ 0.95 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce 910M 384 @ 0.64 GHz64 Bit @ 2000 MHz
CodenamePhoenixSurface BookN15V-GM
ArchitectureRDNA 3MaxwellKepler
Pipelines256 - unified384 - unified384 - unified
Raytracing Cores4
Core Speed1500 - 2500 (Boost) MHz954 - 993 (Boost) MHz641 MHz
Shared Memoryyesnono
APIDirectX 12_2, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 2.1, Vulkan 1.3DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.5DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Power Consumption30 Watt (30 - 15 Watt TGP)15 Watt
technology4 nm28 nm28 nm
Displays4 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2.1
FeaturesMiracast, FreeSync, Adaptive-Sync, UHBR10, HDR Metadata, SmartShift MAX, SmartAccess Memory, 8k60 AV1, 8k43 H.265, 4k175 H.264 De- and EncodeGPU Boost 2.0, Optimus, PhysX, CUDA, GeForce ExperiencePhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, Play, Optimus, GPU Boost 2.0
Date of Announcement23.05.2023 01.10.2015 01.09.2015
Memory Speed5012 MHz2000 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5DDR3
Max. Amount of Memory1024 MB2048 MB
Transistors900 Million
CPU in Radeon 740MGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
AMD Ryzen Z16 x 3200 MHz, 30 W? MHz? MHz
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U6 x 3200 MHz, 15 W? MHz2500 MHz
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U6 x 3200 MHz, 28 W? MHz2800 MHz
min. - max.? MHz2500 - 2800 MHz

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5)
0.9 pt (3%)
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - GeForce 910M
0.5 pt (1%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
123411 Points (14%)
42738 Points (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
15597 Points (2%)
24517 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 7424     avg: 7465     median: 7464.5 (8%)     max: 7505 Points
3677 Points (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 11340     avg: 11380     median: 11380 (3%)     max: 11420 Points
6636 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 1886     avg: 1919     median: 1919 (3%)     max: 1952 Points
913 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 2031     avg: 2076     median: 2075.5 (2%)     max: 2120 Points
1022 Points (1%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 54088     avg: 54397     median: 54397 (7%)     max: 54706 Points
28613 Points (3%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 2711     avg: 2736     median: 2736 (4%)     max: 2761 Points
1432 Points (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 2548     avg: 2577     median: 2577 (2%)     max: 2606 Points
1413 Points (1%)
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce 910M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
4325 Points (1%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce 910M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
4151 Points (2%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
3DMark 06
15111 Points (20%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce 910M
6741 Points (9%)
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
14.4 fps (5%)
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 OpenGL
13.3 fps (6%)
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
18 fps (3%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 5247     avg: 5704     median: 5703.5 (4%)     max: 6160 Points
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce 910M
2500 Points (2%)
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 29.03     avg: 30.3     median: 30.3 (10%)     max: 31.49 fps
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 32.35     avg: 35     median: 35 (2%)     max: 37.6 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce 910M
24 fps (1%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.6 % (100%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce 910M
99.6 % (100%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
22.3 fps (3%)
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
30.9 fps (1%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
42.6 fps (2%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + NVIDIA GeForce 910M
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
78.7 fps (1%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
513 Samples/s (2%)
95 Samples/s (0%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
1065 Samples/s (2%)
189 Samples/s (0%)
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
1676 Points (2%)
929 Points (1%)

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Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1280x720
GeForce 910M:
22.6  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
13.8  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
6.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
3.9  fps
low 1280x720
GeForce 910M:
19.6  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
11.5  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
5.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
3.1  fps
low 1280x720
GeForce 910M:
16  fps
med. 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
8  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
5  fps
XCOM 2

XCOM 2

2016
low 1280x720
GeForce 910M:
13.5  fps
med. 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
7.1  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
4.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
2.1  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce 910M:
14.5  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
9.4  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
6.1  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
3.5  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce 910M:
38.8  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
25.3  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
12.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
10.7  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce 910M:
16.6  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
14.8  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
8.1  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
5.7  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce 910M:
23.2  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
16.2  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
7.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
4.3  fps
Anno 2205

Anno 2205

2015
low 1024x768
GeForce 910M:
22.1  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
13.7  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
6.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
3.1  fps
low 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
33.8  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
27.2  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
20  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
13.9  fps
low 1024x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
42  fps
GeForce 910M:
40.9  fps
med. 1366x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
35.9  fps
GeForce 910M:
29.3  fps
high 1920x1080
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
19.7  fps
GeForce 910M:
13.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
13.3  fps
GeForce 910M:
8.7  fps
low 1280x720
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
23  fps
GeForce 910M:
13  fps
med. 1366x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
14  fps
GeForce 910M:
12  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
4  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce 910M:
46.8  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
24  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
16.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
12.5  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce 910M:
7.9  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
7.6  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
6.1  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
5.9  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce 910M:
28.2  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
20.1  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
7.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
4.4  fps
F1 2014

F1 2014

2014
low 1024x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
117  fps
GeForce 910M:
41  fps
med. 1366x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
94  fps
GeForce 910M:
32  fps
high 1920x1080
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
76  fps
GeForce 910M:
24  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
49  fps
GeForce 910M:
16  fps
Thief

Thief

2014
low 1024x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
45.6  fps
med. 1366x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
28.2  fps
high 1366x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
22.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
9.4  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce 910M:
33.7  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
24.6  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
18.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
7.3  fps
low 1024x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
59.6  fps
med. 1366x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
44.7  fps
high 1366x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
30.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
15.7  fps
low 1280x720
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
94.2  fps
GeForce 910M:
50.4  fps
med. 1366x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
64.8  fps
GeForce 910M:
29.9  fps
high 1366x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
56.5  fps
GeForce 910M:
25.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
20.8  fps
GeForce 910M:
8.6  fps
low 1024x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
258  fps
med. 1366x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
141.2  fps
high 1366x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
74.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
37.5  fps
low 1024x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
161.5  fps
GeForce 910M:
73.6  fps
med. 1366x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
82.8  fps
GeForce 910M:
38.3  fps
high 1366x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
55.2  fps
GeForce 910M:
24.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
25.8  fps
GeForce 910M:
10.7  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce 910M:
39.1  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
36.3  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
34.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
29.7  fps
low 1024x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
112.4  fps
med. 1366x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
85.6  fps
high 1366x768
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
42.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5):
10.9  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce 910M:
52.8  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
48.6  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce 910M:
45.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce 910M:
30.6  fps
NVIDIA GeForce 910Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Mirror's Edge Catalyst22.613.86.53.9
The Division19.611.55.63.1
Far Cry Primal16875
XCOM 213.57.14.92.1
Rise of the Tomb Raider14.59.46.13.5
Rainbow Six Siege38.825.312.610.7
Just Cause 316.614.88.15.7
Star Wars Battlefront23.216.27.74.3
Anno 220522.113.76.33.1
World of Warships33.827.22013.9
Metal Gear Solid V40.929.313.28.7
Batman: Arkham Knight131274
Dirt Rally46.82416.812.5
Battlefield Hardline7.97.66.15.9
Dragon Age: Inquisition28.220.17.24.4
F1 201441322416
Battlefield 433.724.618.67.3
BioShock Infinite50.429.925.88.6
Tomb Raider73.638.324.910.7
Counter-Strike: GO39.136.334.229.7
Diablo III52.848.645.530.6
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< 120 fps
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NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Booklowmed.highultraQHD4K
Metal Gear Solid V4235.919.713.3
Batman: Arkham Knight2314
F1 2014117947649
Thief45.628.222.39.4
Metro: Last Light59.644.730.715.7
BioShock Infinite94.264.856.520.8
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm258141.274.237.5
Tomb Raider161.582.855.225.8
Sleeping Dogs112.485.642.810.9
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