Radeon R7 M465X vs FirePro M5950

Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro M5950 with Radeon R7 M465X, including specs and performance data.

FirePro M5950
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 35 Watt
3.41

R7 M465X outperforms M5950 by a substantial 35% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking727648
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.77no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameWhistlerTropo
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years ago)15 May 2016 (8 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 cores480512
Core clock speed725 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data925 MHz
Number of transistors716 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate17.4029.60
Floating-point processing power0.696 TFLOPS0.9472 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs2432

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportn/ano data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Form factorMXM-Ano 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth57 GB/s72 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131

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
R7 M465X 4.61
+35.2%

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
R7 M465X 1780
+35.5%

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:

900p24
−25%
30−35
+25%
Full HD26
−34.6%
35−40
+34.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Battlefield 5 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−26.3%
24−27
+26.3%
Hitman 3 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−25%
30−33
+25%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−34.1%
55−60
+34.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Battlefield 5 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−26.3%
24−27
+26.3%
Hitman 3 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−25%
30−33
+25%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−34.1%
55−60
+34.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−26.3%
24−27
+26.3%
Hitman 3 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−25%
30−33
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−34.1%
55−60
+34.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hitman 3 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
−28.6%
27−30
+28.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

This is how FirePro M5950 and R7 M465X compete in popular games:

  • R7 M465X is 25% faster in 900p
  • R7 M465X is 35% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.41 4.61
Recency 4 January 2011 15 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

R7 M465X has a 35.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R7 M465X is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro M5950 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro M5950 is a mobile workstation card while Radeon R7 M465X is a mobile workstation one.


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