AMD Radeon Vega 9 vs AMD FirePro M5950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 9 and AMD FirePro M5950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

AMD Radeon Vega 9

AMD FirePro M5950

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 9

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 20% higher pipelines: 576 vs 480
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1591 vs 1314
8.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9870 vs 1206
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2591 vs 1528
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2591 vs 1528

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 Oct 2017 vs 4 January 2011
Pipelines	576 vs 480
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1591 vs 1314
Geekbench - OpenCL	9870 vs 1206
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2591 vs 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2591 vs 1528

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5950

Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 574 vs 409
Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2590 vs 1856
Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2590 vs 1856
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 2482
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 2482

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	574 vs 409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2590 vs 1856
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2590 vs 1856
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 2482
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 2482

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 9
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M5950

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

409

574

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1591

1314

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9870

1206

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2591

1528

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2591

1528

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1856

2590

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1856

2590

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2482

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2482

3354

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 9	AMD FirePro M5950
PassMark - G2D Mark	409	574
PassMark - G3D Mark	1591	1314
Geekbench - OpenCL	9870	1206
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2591	1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2591	1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1856	2590
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1856	2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2482	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2482	3354
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 9	AMD FirePro M5950
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	TeraScale 2
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Whistler
Launch date	26 Oct 2017	4 January 2011
Place in performance rating	811	995
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	576	480
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	4500 million	716 million
Core clock speed		725 MHz
Floating-point performance		696.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		17.4 GTexel / s
API support
DirectX	12.1	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.4
Memory
Shared memory	Yes	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		57 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		n / a
Form factor		MXM-A
Interface		MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size		medium sized