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).

 

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 1135
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 1007 1009
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