The original Tomb Raider is getting a bit old now, but we have a lot of comparison data, and at maximum settings, it can still be a very demanding game for even devices with mid-range GPUs. It’s outperformed by the XPS 15 because the CPU is the limiting factor here. On the higher level settings, the performance delta between the Surface Book 2 and devices with integrated graphics is quite large, and devices with integrated graphics can’t even crack the 30 FPS barrier, but the Surface Book 2 has no issues. Valve’s Dota 2 is our go-to benchmark for devices with lower-end GPUs or integrated graphics, since it can generally be run on even low-powered devices without much of an issue. They aren’t exactly the same test though, since the PC ones run at a higher precision, but the tests are a great way to look at performance, especially on devices with integrated graphics.Ĭlearly, with the GTX 1060, the GFXBench tests are a bit too easy for it, with performance that is downright silly. GFXBench is a cross-platform test, with tests that can be run on smartphones and tablets, which can also be run on a PC. The performance difference on the most GPU demanding test, Fire Strike, over the GTX 1050 is also a huge leap. The GTX 1060 is a massive improvement over the original GT 940MX based Surface Book, and moves it out of being somewhat better than integrated, into a laptop with some serious gaming potential. 3DMarkįutureMark’s 3DMark offers several tests to choose from, and the company has been updating this version for several years now with new tests for UHD and DX12. Not everyone wants to work all the time, right? The GTX 1060 is outfitted with 6 GB of GDDR5 as well, so you will be able to play games such as Rise of the Tomb Raider without any RAM limitation issues, whereas the smaller 13.5-inch model with the GTX 1050 is limited to just 2 GB of VRAM.įirst, we’ll take a look at how the Surface Book 2 does in some synthetic tests, and then jump into some actual gaming tests. The GTX 1060 is a big jump from the GTX 1050, and should really provide some serious compute and gaming capabilities with the Surface Book 2. NVIDIA Laptop GPU Specification Comparison Pascal has been a wonderful update from NVIDIA.
The 15-inch review unit comes with the impressive GTX 1060 GPU, which offers double the CUDA cores and four times the ROPs as a GTX 1050 found in the smaller 13.5-inch model, and the GTX 1050 is already a huge upgrade over the GPU options found in the original Surface Book, which could only be had with a custom GPU based on the GT 940MX, or even the updated Performance Base Surface Book which came later with a GTX 965M. It’s almost hard to believe how much GPU Microsoft stuffed in this updated version of the laptop. Here’s where the Surface Book 2 gets really interesting.
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