FirePro M5950 vs GRID M40

Place in the ranking	741	795
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.08	6.89
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GM107	Whistler
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	18 May 2016 (9 years ago)	4 January 2011 (14 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	384	480
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	716 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.06	17.40
Floating-point processing power	0.7933 TFLOPS	0.696 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	32	24
L1 Cache	192 KB	48 KB
L2 Cache	2 MB	256 KB

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	no data	medium sized
Bus support	no data	n/a
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Width	2-slot	no data
Form factor	no data	MXM-A

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1300 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	83.2 GB/s	57 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	5.0	-

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	30−35 +25%	24 −25%
Full HD	30−35 +15.4%	26 −15.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Fortnite	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Dota 2	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Fortnite	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Valorant	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Dota 2	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Valorant	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

16−18

+0%

16−18

+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	0−1	0−1
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Valorant	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

6−7

+0%

6−7

+0%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Dota 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

This is how GRID M40 and FirePro M5950 compete in popular games:

GRID M40 is 25% faster in 900p
GRID M40 is 15% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 56 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.96	3.14
Recency	18 May 2016	4 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	35 Watt

GRID M40 has a 26.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

FirePro M5950, on the other hand, has 42.9% lower power consumption.

The GRID M40 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro M5950 in performance tests.

Be aware that GRID M40 is a workstation graphics card while FirePro M5950 is a mobile workstation one.