FirePro M5950 vs GeForce 940MX

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M5950 and GeForce 940MX, 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 940MX, check out specs charts below.

FirePro M5950 and GeForce 940MX are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro M5950 and GeForce 940MX are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or GeForce 940MX here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M5950 GeForce 940MX
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 23 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • FirePro M5950 has 52% more power consumption, than GeForce 940MX.
  • FirePro M5950 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and GeForce 940MX uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce 940MX has 3 GB more memory, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and GeForce 940MX - in Laptops.
  • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and GeForce 940MX - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 940MX is 397 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and GeForce 940MX - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 940MX is 3100 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 7−8
ultra / 1080p 2−3 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 16−18
medium / 1080p 6−7 8−9
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 940MX in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 28% more, than FirePro M5950.

Full Specs

  FirePro M5950 GeForce 940MX
Architecture Terascale 2 Maxwell
Code name Whistler-XT N16S-GTR-B/S
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 13 April 2011 10 March 2016
Pipelines 480 384
Core clock speed 725 MHz 1122 MHz
Boost Clock 1242 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.40 23.83
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 762.6 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57 GB/s 40.1 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1
CUDA +
Bus support n/a PCI Express 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s 102 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Optimus +
Form factor MXM-A
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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