AMD Radeon R9 M275 vs AMD FirePro M5950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M275 and AMD FirePro M5950 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M275

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 24% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 640 vs 480
  • Around 70% better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
  • 8.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9231 vs 1135
  • 23.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.064 vs 1.199
  • 4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.206 vs 0.535
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 34.381 vs 16.137
  • Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 121.685 vs 66.638
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 January 2014 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 37 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 480
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 9231 vs 1135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.064 vs 1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.206 vs 0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 34.381 vs 16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 121.685 vs 66.638

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5950

  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1314 vs 1115
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 574 vs 569
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 323.699 vs 313.463
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2590 vs 1162
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 1717
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2590 vs 1162
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 1717
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1314 vs 1115
PassMark - G2D Mark 574 vs 569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 323.699 vs 313.463
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2590 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 1717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2590 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 1717

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M275
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M5950

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1115
1314
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
569
574
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9231
1135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.064
1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
313.463
323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.206
0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34.381
16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
121.685
66.638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1162
2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1717
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1162
2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1717
3354
Name AMD Radeon R9 M275 AMD FirePro M5950
PassMark - G3D Mark 1115 1314
PassMark - G2D Mark 569 574
Geekbench - OpenCL 9231 1135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.064 1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 313.463 323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.206 0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 34.381 16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 121.685 66.638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1162 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1717 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1162 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1717 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1528

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M275 AMD FirePro M5950

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Venus Whistler
Launch date 28 January 2014 4 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $799.99
Place in performance rating 1004 1006
Price now $699.99
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100) 3.01

Technical info

Boost clock speed 925 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 640 480
Texture fill rate 37 GTexel / s 17.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million 716 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size large medium sized
Bus support n / a
Form factor MXM-A

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s 57 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0