FirePro M5950 vs Tesla M2070 Q

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M5950 and Tesla M2070 Q. 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 Tesla M2070 Q. 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 Tesla M2070 Q
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 225 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Tesla M2070 Q has 542% more power consumption, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Tesla M2070 Q uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M2070 Q has 5 GB more memory, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and Tesla M2070 Q - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Tesla M2070 Q - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro M5950 is 151 MHz higher, than Tesla M2070 Q.
  • FirePro M5950 and Tesla M2070 Q are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M2070 Q is 2232 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 3−4
ultra / 1080p 2−3 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 6−7 6−7
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M5950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than Tesla M2070 Q.

Full Specs

  FirePro M5950 Tesla M2070 Q
Architecture Terascale 2 Fermi
Code name Whistler-XT GF100
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Release date 13 April 2011 25 July 2011
Pipelines 480 448
Core clock speed 725 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 17.40 32.14
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 3132 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57 GB/s 150.3 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bus support n/a
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s 94 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor MXM-A
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