FirePro M5950 vs FirePro R5000

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M5950 and FirePro R5000, 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 R5000, 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 R5000
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 350 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro R5000 has 900% more power consumption, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and FirePro R5000 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro R5000 has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and FirePro R5000 - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and FirePro R5000 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro R5000 is 100 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and FirePro R5000 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro R5000 is 2300 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 12−14
ultra / 1080p 2−3 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 2−3
low / 720p 14−16 27−30
medium / 1080p 6−7 16−18
The average gaming FPS of FirePro R5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 128% more, than FirePro M5950.

Full Specs

  FirePro M5950 FirePro R5000
Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.0
Code name Whistler-XT Pitcairn
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Release date 13 April 2011 25 February 2013
Pipelines 480 768
Core clock speed 725 MHz 825 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.40 39.60
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 1,267 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Bus support n/a PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor MXM-A full height / full length
Dual-link DVI support +
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