AMD FirePro M5950 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M5950 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 Mobility Radeon X1900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5950

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 81% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 400 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 17.4 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
13.3x more pipelines: 480 vs 36
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 960 MHz
9.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1314 vs 135
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 574 vs 287
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 1398
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 1398

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 11 January 2007
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 36
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 960 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1314 vs 135
PassMark - G2D Mark	574 vs 287
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 1398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 1398

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M5950
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1314

135

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

574

287

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

1398

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

1398

Name	AMD FirePro M5950	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
PassMark - G3D Mark	1314	135
PassMark - G2D Mark	574	287
Geekbench - OpenCL	1206
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	66.638
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	1398
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	1398

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M5950	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R500
Code name	Whistler	M68
Launch date	4 January 2011	11 January 2007
Place in performance rating	995	997
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	480	36
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	384 million
Boost clock speed		400 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a
Form factor	MXM-A
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57 GB / s	30.72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	470 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	960 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0