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    FirePro M5950 vs GeForce GTX 970M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M5950 and GeForce GTX 970M. 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 GTX 970M. 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.
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    FirePro M5950 and GeForce GTX 970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: FirePro M5950 and GeForce GTX 970M 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 GTX 970M here:

    FirePro M5950 Laptops
    GeForce GTX 970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      FirePro M5950 GeForce GTX 970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
    Interface MXM-A (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • FirePro M5950 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and GeForce GTX 970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • GeForce GTX 970M has 5 GB more memory, than FirePro M5950.
    • FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and GeForce GTX 970M - in Laptops.
    • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and GeForce GTX 970M - with Maxwell.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 970M is 199 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.
    • FirePro M5950 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and GeForce GTX 970M - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 970M is 1600 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 4−5 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 2−3 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 14−16 60−65
    medium / 1080p 6−7 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 485% more, than FirePro M5950.

    Full Specs

      FirePro M5950 GeForce GTX 970M
    Architecture Terascale 2 Maxwell
    Code name Whistler-XT GM204
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 13 April 2011 7 October 2014
    Pipelines 480 1280
    Core clock speed 725 MHz 924 MHz
    Boost Clock 1038 MHz
    Transistor count 716 million 5,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 17.40 83.04
    Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 2,657 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 192 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz 2500 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 57 GB/s 120 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 5.0 6.4
    OpenGL 4.4 4.5
    OpenCL 1.2 1.1
    Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 1280
    Bus support n/a PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s 314 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized large
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    Form factor MXM-A
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
    BatteryBoost +
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