AMD FirePro M5950 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M5950 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5950

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 81% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 400 MHz
5.4x more texture fill rate: 17.4 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
30x more pipelines: 480 vs 16
27.2x better floating-point performance: 696.0 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
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
3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
15.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1314 vs 87
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 574 vs 308
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 1027
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 1027

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 16
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1314 vs 87
PassMark - G2D Mark	574 vs 308
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 1027
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 1027

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 35 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M5950
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1314

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

574

308

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

1027

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

1027

Name	AMD FirePro M5950	NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1314	87
PassMark - G2D Mark	574	308
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	1027
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	1027

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M5950	NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Whistler	G86
Launch date	4 January 2011	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	991	994
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops	25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	480	16
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	17 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	210 million
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
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PowerMizer 7.0