GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon Pro 5500M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 950 and Radeon Pro 5500M, 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 GeForce GTX 950 stacks up against Radeon Pro 5500M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon Pro 5500M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon Pro 5500M 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 Radeon Pro 5500M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 950 Radeon Pro 5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 85 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pins None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
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  • GeForce GTX 950 has 5% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 5500M.
  • GeForce GTX 950 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon Pro 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M has 6 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 950.
  • GeForce GTX 950 is used in Desktops, and Radeon Pro 5500M - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce GTX 950 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Pro 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
  • GeForce GTX 950 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 5500M is 11994 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
GeForce GTX 950 and Radeon Pro 5500M have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 950 Radeon Pro 5500M
Architecture Maxwell Navi / RDNA
Code name GM206 Navi 14
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Release date 20 August 2015 13 November 2019
Pipelines 768 1536
Core clock speed 1024 MHz
Boost Clock 1188 MHz 1300 MHz
Transistor count 2,940 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 49.2 billion/sec 139.2
Floating-point performance 1,825 gflops
Length 7.938" (20.2 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.6 GB/s 12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 105.6 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.5
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 768
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 233 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 9.97 Mh/s
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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