FirePro M5950 vs FirePro W4300

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M5950 and FirePro W4300, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro M5950 stacks up against FirePro W4300, check out specs charts below.

FirePro M5950 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: FirePro M5950 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with FirePro M5950 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M5950 FirePro W4300
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 50 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W4300 has 42% more power consumption, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and FirePro W4300 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W4300 has 3 GB more memory, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and FirePro W4300 - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and FirePro W4300 - with GCN 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W4300 is 205 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and FirePro W4300 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W4300 is 5100 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 14−16
ultra / 1080p 2−3 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 14−16 30−35
medium / 1080p 6−7 18−20
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W4300 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 157% more, than FirePro M5950.

Full Specs

  FirePro M5950 FirePro W4300
Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 2.0
Code name Whistler-XT Bonaire
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Release date 13 April 2011 1 December 2015
Pipelines 480 768
Core clock speed 725 MHz 930 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.40 44.64
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 1,428 gflops
Length 171 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.3
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Bus support n/a
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s 152 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor MXM-A
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