Radeon HD 6950M vs Radeon Pro W5500M

In this comparison between Radeon HD 6950M and Radeon Pro W5500M you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Radeon HD 6950M will be the best choice, for others Radeon Pro W5500M will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Radeon HD 6950M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6950M 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 HD 6950M here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6950M Radeon Pro W5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 85 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon Pro W5500M has 70% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • Radeon HD 6950M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon Pro W5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro W5500M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • Radeon HD 6950M is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro W5500M - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6950M is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon Pro W5500M - with RDNA 1.0.
  • Radeon HD 6950M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro W5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro W5500M is 11100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 14−16
ultra / 1080p 5−6 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 20−22 30−33
medium / 1080p 10−12 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 63% more, than Radeon HD 6950M.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6950M Radeon Pro W5500M
Architecture Terascale 2 RDNA 1.0
Code name Blackcomb Pro Navi 14
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 6 January 2011 10 February 2020
Pipelines 960 1408
Core clock speed 580 MHz
Boost Clock 1450 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 27.84 127.6
Floating-point performance 1,113.6 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.0 6.5
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Laptop size large
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