FirePro M5950 vs GeForce 940A

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M5950 and GeForce 940A. 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 940A. 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 GeForce 940A
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 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • FirePro M5950 has 6% more power consumption, than GeForce 940A.
  • FirePro M5950 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and GeForce 940A uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro M5950 and GeForce 940A have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and GeForce 940A - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and GeForce 940A - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 940A is 304 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and GeForce 940A - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 940A is 1102 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 4−5
ultra / 1080p 2−3 2−3
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 6−7 5−6
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M5950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than GeForce 940A.

Full Specs

  FirePro M5950 GeForce 940A
Architecture Terascale 2 Maxwell
Code name Whistler-XT GM108
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 13 April 2011 13 March 2015
Pipelines 480 384
Core clock speed 725 MHz 1029 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 716 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.40 17.98
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 863.2 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57 GB/s 16.02 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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