FirePro M5950 vs Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)

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Combined performance score

R5 (Bristol Ridge)
2.43

FirePro M5950 outperforms Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) by 40% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking796689
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.28
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameBristol RidgeWhistler-XT
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date1 June 2016 (7 years old)13 April 2011 (12 years old)
Current price$53 $386
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384480
Core clock speedno data725 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors3100 Million716 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-45 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data17.40
Floating-point performanceno data696.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) and FirePro M5950 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizemedium sizedmedium sized
Bus supportno datan/a
Interfaceno dataMXM-A (3.0)
Form factorno dataMXM-A

Memory

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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data57 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Video outputs and ports

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 dataNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkanno dataN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 2.43
FirePro M5950 3.39
+39.5%

FirePro M5950 outperforms Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) by 40% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 1720
+27.4%
FirePro M5950 1350

Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) outperforms FirePro M5950 by 27% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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:

900p16−18
−50%
24
+50%
Full HD12
−117%
26
+117%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Battlefield 5 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 11
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Hitman 3 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Battlefield 5 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Hitman 3 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Battlefield 5 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Hitman 3 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 3−4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

This is how R5 (Bristol Ridge) and FirePro M5950 compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • FirePro M5950 is 50% faster than R5 (Bristol Ridge)

1080p resolution:

  • FirePro M5950 is 117% faster than R5 (Bristol Ridge)

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R5 (Bristol Ridge) is 22.2% faster than the FirePro M5950.
  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the FirePro M5950 is 200% faster than the R5 (Bristol Ridge).

All in all, in popular games:

  • R5 (Bristol Ridge) is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • FirePro M5950 is ahead in 46 tests (88%)
  • there's a draw in 5 tests (10%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.43 3.39
Recency 1 June 2016 13 April 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 35 Watt

The FirePro M5950 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) is a notebook graphics card while FirePro M5950 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.

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