FirePro M5950 vs Radeon HD 4890

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M5950 and Radeon HD 4890. 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 Radeon HD 4890. 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 Radeon HD 4890
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 190 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4890 has 442% more power consumption, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon HD 4890 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro M5950 and Radeon HD 4890 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 4890 - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 4890 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4890 is 125 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4890 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4890 is 3000 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 Radeon HD 4890 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 28% more, than FirePro M5950.

Full Specs

  FirePro M5950 Radeon HD 4890
Architecture Terascale 2 TeraScale
Code name Whistler-XT RV790
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 13 April 2011 2 April 2009
Pipelines 480 800
Core clock speed 725 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 959 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 17.40 34.00
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 1,360.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 3900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57 GB/s 124.8 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
Form factor MXM-A
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