FirePro M5950 vs GeForce 830A

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M5950 and GeForce 830A, 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 GeForce 830A, 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 GeForce 830A
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 33 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • FirePro M5950 has 6% more power consumption, than GeForce 830A.
  • FirePro M5950 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and GeForce 830A uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce 830A has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and GeForce 830A - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and GeForce 830A - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 830A is 357 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and GeForce 830A - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 830A is 900 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 2−3
ultra / 1080p 2−3 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 12−14
medium / 1080p 6−7 4−5
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M5950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than GeForce 830A.

Full Specs

  FirePro M5950 GeForce 830A
Architecture Terascale 2 Maxwell
Code name Whistler-XT GM108
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 13 April 2011 22 July 2014
Pipelines 480 256
Core clock speed 725 MHz 1082 MHz
Boost Clock 1150 MHz
Transistor count 716 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.40 18.40
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 588.8 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57 GB/s 14.4 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
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor MXM-A
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