GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs FirePro M5950

Place in the ranking	729	165
Place by popularity	not in top-100	90
Power efficiency	6.79	28.36
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Whistler	GA106
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	4 January 2011 (13 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	480	3840
Core clock speed	725 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1425 MHz
Number of transistors	716 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.40	171.0
Floating-point processing power	0.696 TFLOPS	10.94 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	48
TMUs	24	120
Tensor Cores	no data	120
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	30

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support	n/a	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Form factor	MXM-A	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	-	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro M5950 3.41

RTX 3060 Mobile 32.53
+854%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FirePro M5950 1314

RTX 3060 Mobile 12550
+855%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

FirePro M5950 1350

RTX 3060 Mobile 27419
+1931%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

FirePro M5950 6257

RTX 3060 Mobile 57333
+816%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	24 −817%	220−230 +817%
Full HD	26 −277%	98 +277%
1440p	6−7 −1000%	66 +1000%
4K	4−5 −950%	42 +950%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−1617%

103
+1617%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −3700%	76 +3700%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −1414%	100−110 +1414%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −725%	65−70 +725%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1333%	86 +1333%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −943%	70−75 +943%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −811%	80−85 +811%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −811%	170−180 +811%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1225%	106 +1225%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −492%	140−150 +492%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −3180%	164 +3180%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −721%	110−120 +721%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −188%	110−120 +188%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −3100%	64 +3100%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −1414%	100−110 +1414%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −725%	65−70 +725%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1050%	69 +1050%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −943%	70−75 +943%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −811%	80−85 +811%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −811%	170−180 +811%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1250%	108 +1250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −688%	189 +688%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −2480%	129 +2480%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1175%	102 +1175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −1029%	158 +1029%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −353%	65−70 +353%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −285%	158 +285%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −2700%	56 +2700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −725%	65−70 +725%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −933%	62 +933%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −943%	70−75 +943%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −811%	170−180 +811%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1100%	96 +1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −400%	120 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −900%	140 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −420%	78 +420%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −12.2%	46 +12.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−1100%

96
+1100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −933%	60−65 +933%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1167%	35−40 +1167%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1850%	39 +1850%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −850%	35−40 +850%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −18600%	180−190 +18600%
Hitman 3	8−9 −700%	64 +700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −963%	85 +963%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −2100%	40−45 +2100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −452%	116 +452%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−1043%

80
+1043%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1500%	30−35 +1500%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1200%	24−27 +1200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1000%	11 +1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	15
Far Cry 5	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −4400%	45−50 +4400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1800%	19 +1800%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−1000%

44
+1000%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	48 +0%	48 +0%
Metro Exodus	85 +0%	85 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	101 +0%	101 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	41 +0%	41 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Metro Exodus	60 +0%	60 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55 +0%	55 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

+0%

This is how FirePro M5950 and RTX 3060 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3060 Mobile is 817% faster in 900p
RTX 3060 Mobile is 277% faster in 1080p
RTX 3060 Mobile is 1000% faster in 1440p
RTX 3060 Mobile is 950% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3060 Mobile is 18600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3060 Mobile is ahead in 63 tests (89%)
there's a draw in 8 tests (11%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.41	32.53
Recency	4 January 2011	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	80 Watt

FirePro M5950 has 128.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 854% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro M5950 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro M5950 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.