FirePro M5950 vs Mobility Radeon HD 4850
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M5950 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850, 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 Mobility Radeon HD 4850, check out specs charts below.
FirePro M5950 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: FirePro M5950 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 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 Mobility Radeon HD 4850 here:
Main Specs
FirePro M5950
Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
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FirePro M5950 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
FirePro M5950 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - in Laptops.
FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - with Terascale 1.
Core clock speed of FirePro M5950 is 225 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
FirePro M5950 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - by 55 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of FirePro M5950 is 50 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
4−5
3−4
ultra / 1080p
2−3
1−2
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 Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
9−10
8−9
ultra / 1080p
7−8
6−7
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
20−22
18−20
medium / 1080p
9−10
8−9
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M5950 in Battlefield 5 is 10% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
high / 1080p
40−45
40−45
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in Call of Duty: Warzone is 4% more, than FirePro M5950.
low / 768p
120−130
130−140
medium / 768p
95−100
100−110
ultra / 1080p
45−50
45−50
QHD / 1440p
27−30
24−27
4K / 2160p
18−20
18−20
high / 768p
70−75
75−80
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 4% more, than FirePro M5950.
low / 768p
65−70
65−70
ultra / 1080p
21−24
21−24
medium / 1080p
50−55
45−50
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M5950 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 4% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
75−80
75−80
medium / 768p
50−55
50−55
ultra / 1080p
30−33
24−27
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M5950 in Dota 2 is 3% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
5−6
4−5
ultra / 1080p
4−5
4−5
4K / 2160p
2−3
2−3
low / 720p
14−16
14−16
medium / 1080p
6−7
5−6
FirePro M5950 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 have the same average FPS in Far Cry 5.
high / 1080p
12−14
12−14
ultra / 1080p
7−8
7−8
QHD / 1440p
7−8
4−5
low / 720p
55−60
55−60
medium / 1080p
18−20
14−16
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M5950 in Fortnite is 5% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
9−10
7−8
ultra / 1080p
8−9
−
QHD / 1440p
3−4
4−5
4K / 2160p
3−4
3−4
low / 720p
21−24
21−24
medium / 1080p
10−12
10−11
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M5950 in Forza Horizon 4 is 11% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
medium / 768p
40−45
−
high / 1080p
8−9
7−8
ultra / 1080p
4−5
3−4
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
medium / 720p
−
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in Grand Theft Auto V is 5% more, than FirePro M5950.
high / 1080p
3−4
2−3
ultra / 1080p
1−2
1−2
4K / 2160p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
9−10
7−8
medium / 1080p
5−6
4−5
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M5950 in Metro Exodus is 25% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
85−90
90−95
high / 1080p
−
85−90
ultra / 1080p
75−80
85−90
4K / 2160p
−
75−80
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in Minecraft is 9% more, than FirePro M5950.
high / 1080p
16−18
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
12−14
low / 720p
27−30
30−35
medium / 1080p
16−18
14−16
FirePro M5950 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 have the same average FPS in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS.
ultra / 1080p
6−7
7−8
low / 720p
9−10
8−9
medium / 1080p
8−9
8−9
FirePro M5950 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 have the same average FPS in Red Dead Redemption 2.
low / 768p
20−22
14−16
medium / 768p
12−14
10−11
high / 1080p
7−8
5−6
ultra / 1080p
5−6
4−5
4K / 2160p
2−3
2−3
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M5950 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 28% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
80−85
80−85
medium / 768p
40−45
40−45
ultra / 1080p
16−18
16−18
high / 768p
30−35
30−35
FirePro M5950 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 have the same average FPS in World of Tanks.
Full Specs
FirePro M5950
Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Architecture
Terascale 2
Terascale 1
Code name
Whistler-XT
M98
Type
Mobile workstation
Laptop
Release date
13 April 2011
9 January 2009
Pipelines
480
800
Core clock speed
725 MHz
500 MHz
Transistor count
716 million
956 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
55 nm
Texture fill rate
17.40
20.00
Floating-point performance
696.0 gflops
800.0 gflops
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
850 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model
5.0
4.1
OpenGL
4.4
3.3
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Bus support
n/a
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
67 Mh/s
Laptop size
medium sized
large
Form factor
MXM-A
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