FirePro M5950 vs Radeon Sky 500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M5950 and Radeon Sky 500. 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 Sky 500. 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 Sky 500
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 150 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Sky 500 has 328% more power consumption, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon Sky 500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Sky 500 has 3 GB more memory, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon Sky 500 - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 225 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Sky 500 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 3900 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 35−40
ultra / 1080p 2−3 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 14−16 60−65
medium / 1080p 6−7 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 485% more, than FirePro M5950.

Full Specs

  FirePro M5950 Radeon Sky 500
Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.0
Code name Whistler-XT Pitcairn
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 13 April 2011 27 March 2013
Pipelines 480 1280
Core clock speed 725 MHz 950 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.40 76.00
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 2,432 gflops
Length 242 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57 GB/s 154 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 PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor MXM-A full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
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