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).

AMD Radeon R9 M275

AMD FirePro M5950

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	1005	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