FirePro W5130M vs Radeon HD 7950

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W5130M and Radeon HD 7950. 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 W5130M and Radeon HD 7950. 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 W5130M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: FirePro W5130M 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 W5130M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W5130M Radeon HD 7950
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 7950 has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro W5130M.
  • FirePro W5130M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7950 - in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5130M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
  • FirePro W5130M and Radeon HD 7950 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5130M is 2750 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 18−20 60−65
medium / 1080p 10−11 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than FirePro W5130M.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5130M Radeon HD 7950
Architecture GCN GCN 1.0
Code name Tropo Tahiti
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 2 October 2015 31 January 2012
Pipelines 512 1792
Boost Clock 925 MHz 1250 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 29.60 89.60
Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops 2,867 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 240 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 381 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity + +
PowerTune +
ZeroCore +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
CrossFire +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.78 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 250 Sol/s
Compute units 28
AppAcceleration + +
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