FirePro M5950 vs Radeon R6 Carrizo

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M5950 and Radeon R6 Carrizo. 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 R6 Carrizo. 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 and Radeon R6 Carrizo are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro M5950 and Radeon R6 Carrizo 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 Radeon R6 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M5950 Radeon R6 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0)
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • FirePro M5950 has 191% more power consumption, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.
  • FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • FirePro M5950 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 0−1
ultra / 1080p 2−3 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 10−12
medium / 1080p 6−7 2−3
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M5950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  FirePro M5950 Radeon R6 Carrizo
Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name Whistler-XT Carrizo
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 13 April 2011 4 June 2015
Pipelines 480 384
Core clock speed 725 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.40
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57 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
Bus support n/a
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Form factor MXM-A
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