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    FirePro M5950 vs GeForce GTS 160M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M5950 and GeForce GTS 160M. 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 GTS 160M. 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.
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    FirePro M5950 and GeForce GTS 160M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: FirePro M5950 and GeForce GTS 160M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or GeForce GTS 160M here:

    FirePro M5950 Laptops
    GeForce GTS 160M Laptops

    Main Specs

      FirePro M5950 GeForce GTS 160M
    Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 60 Watt
    Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTS 160M has 71% more power consumption, than FirePro M5950.
    • FirePro M5950 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and GeForce GTS 160M uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
    • FirePro M5950 and GeForce GTS 160M have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
    • FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and GeForce GTS 160M - in Laptops.
    • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and GeForce GTS 160M - with G9x.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 160M is 775 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.
    • FirePro M5950 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and GeForce GTS 160M - by 55 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 4−5 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 2−3 −
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 14−16 1−2
    medium / 1080p 6−7 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of FirePro M5950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than GeForce GTS 160M.

    Full Specs

      FirePro M5950 GeForce GTS 160M
    Architecture Terascale 2 G9x
    Code name Whistler-XT N10E-GS1
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 13 April 2011 2 March 2009
    Pipelines 480 64
    Core clock speed 725 MHz 1500 MHz
    Transistor count 716 million 505 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 17.40 19 billion/sec
    Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 192 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 57 GB/s 51 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11.1 (10_0)
    Shader Model 5.0 4.0
    OpenGL 4.4 2.1
    OpenCL 1.2 1.1
    Vulkan N/A N/A
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 64
    Bus support n/a PCI-E 2.0
    SLI options 2-way
    HDMI +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized large
    Form factor MXM-A
    Gigaflops 288
    MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
    Power management 8.0
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