FirePro M5950 vs Tesla M60

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M5950 and Tesla M60. 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 Tesla M60. 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 Tesla M60
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 300 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Tesla M60 has 757% more power consumption, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Tesla M60 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M60 has 7 GB more memory, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and Tesla M60 - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Tesla M60 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro M5950 is 168 MHz higher, than Tesla M60.
  • FirePro M5950 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Tesla M60 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M60 is 4112 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 35−40
ultra / 1080p 2−3 24−27
QHD / 1440p 0−1 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 14−16 60−65
medium / 1080p 6−7 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 514% more, than FirePro M5950.

Full Specs

  FirePro M5950 Tesla M60
Architecture Terascale 2 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Whistler-XT GM204
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Release date 13 April 2011 30 August 2015
Pipelines 480 2048
Core clock speed 725 MHz 557 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.40 150.8
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 2x 4,833 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57 GB/s 160.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
Bus support n/a
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s 432 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor MXM-A
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