AMD FirePro M5950 videocard review

AMD FirePro M5950

FirePro M5950 videocard released by AMD; release date: 4 January 2011. The videocard is designed for mobile workstation-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Whistler.

Core clock speed - 725 MHz. Texture fill rate - 17.4 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 480. Floating-point performance - 696.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 716 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 35 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 3600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 57 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38583
1314
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
574
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
344816
1135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
1.199 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
323.699 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
0.535 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
16.137 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
66.638 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1528 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
2590 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3354 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1528.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
2590.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3354.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1314
PassMark - G2D Mark 574
Geekbench - OpenCL 1135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 1.199 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 323.699 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.535 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 16.137 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 66.638 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1528 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2590 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3354 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1528.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2590.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3354.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2
Code name Whistler
Launch date 4 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1007
Type Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 480
Texture fill rate 17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt
Transistor count 716 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support n / a
Form factor MXM-A
Interface MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 57 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0