FirePro M5950 vs Radeon R5 430 OEM

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M5950 and Radeon R5 430 OEM, 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 Radeon R5 430 OEM, check out specs charts below.
Radeon R5 430 OEM

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 R5 430 OEM
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 50 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R5 430 OEM has 42% more power consumption, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R5 430 OEM uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon R5 430 OEM has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R5 430 OEM is 5 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R5 430 OEM is 3700 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 1−2
ultra / 1080p 2−3 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 12−14
medium / 1080p 6−7 3−4
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M5950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.

Full Specs

  FirePro M5950 Radeon R5 430 OEM
Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.0
Code name Whistler-XT Oland
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 13 April 2011 30 June 2016
Pipelines 480 384
Core clock speed 725 MHz 730 MHz
Boost Clock 780 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.40 18.72
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 599.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 4600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57 GB/s 36.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Bus support n/a
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor MXM-A
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