FirePro V5900 vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V5900 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge. 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 V5900 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge. 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.

Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 R5 Bristol Ridge here:

Main Specs

  FirePro V5900 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 12-45 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI
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  • FirePro V5900 has 525% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
  • FirePro V5900 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - in Laptops.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • FirePro V5900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 3−4
ultra / 1080p 2−3 1−2
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 7−8 5−6
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V5900 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture TeraScale 3 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name Cayman Bristol Ridge
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 24 May 2011 1 June 2016
Pipelines 512 384
Core clock speed 600 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops
Length 230 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan N/A
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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