AMD FirePro M5950 vs ATI FirePro V7800

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M5950 and ATI FirePro V7800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro M5950

ATI FirePro V7800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5950

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 700 MHz
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 574 vs 307
24.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1528 vs 63

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 26 April 2010
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 700 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	574 vs 307
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1528 vs 63

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V7800

2.9x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 1440 vs 480
2.9x better floating-point performance: 2,016.0 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2028 vs 1314
3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4894 vs 1279
12.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 15.084 vs 1.199
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1124.892 vs 323.699
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.448 vs 0.535
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 39.448 vs 16.137
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 181.538 vs 66.638
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3721 vs 1528

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1440 vs 480
Floating-point performance	2,016.0 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2028 vs 1314
Geekbench - OpenCL	4894 vs 1279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	15.084 vs 1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1124.892 vs 323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.448 vs 0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	39.448 vs 16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	181.538 vs 66.638
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3721 vs 1528

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M5950
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V7800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1314

2028

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

574

307

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1279

4894

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.199

15.084

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

323.699

1124.892

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.535

1.448

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16.137

39.448

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.638

181.538

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1528

3721

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1528

Name	AMD FirePro M5950	ATI FirePro V7800
PassMark - G3D Mark	1314	2028
PassMark - G2D Mark	574	307
Geekbench - OpenCL	1279	4894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.199	15.084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	323.699	1124.892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.535	1.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	16.137	39.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	66.638	181.538
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1528	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1528	63
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M5950	ATI FirePro V7800
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Whistler	Cypress
Launch date	4 January 2011	26 April 2010
Place in performance rating	996	997
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$759
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops	2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	480	1440
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s	50.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	2,154 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a
Form factor	MXM-A
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	57 GB / s	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0