FirePro M5950 vs GeForce 945A

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M5950 and GeForce 945A. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro M5950 and GeForce 945A. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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 GeForce 945A
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 33 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • FirePro M5950 has 6% more power consumption, than GeForce 945A.
  • FirePro M5950 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and GeForce 945A uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro M5950 and GeForce 945A have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and GeForce 945A - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and GeForce 945A - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 945A is 347 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and GeForce 945A - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 945A is 4112 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 9−10
ultra / 1080p 2−3 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 20−22
medium / 1080p 6−7 10−12
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 945A in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 57% more, than FirePro M5950.

Full Specs

  FirePro M5950 GeForce 945A
Architecture Terascale 2 Maxwell
Code name Whistler-XT GM108
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 13 April 2011 13 March 2015
Pipelines 480 384
Core clock speed 725 MHz 1072 MHz
Boost Clock 1189 MHz
Transistor count 716 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.40 28.54
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 903.2 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57 GB/s 40.1 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Bus support n/a
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s 108 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor MXM-A
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