NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M vs AMD FirePro M5950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 35% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 80% higher texture fill rate: 31.36 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 8% better floating-point performance: 752.6 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 50% higher memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 3600 MHz
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1695 vs 1314
  • 4.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4933 vs 1135
  • 10.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 12.449 vs 1.199
  • Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 455.796 vs 323.699
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.295 vs 0.535
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 24.566 vs 16.137
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3093 vs 1528
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3504 vs 2590
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3093 vs 1528
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3504 vs 2590
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 June 2013 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 31.36 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1695 vs 1314
Geekbench - OpenCL 4933 vs 1135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.449 vs 1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 455.796 vs 323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.295 vs 0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.566 vs 16.137
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3093 vs 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3504 vs 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3093 vs 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3504 vs 2590

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5950

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 574 vs 325
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 66.638 vs 28.025
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 574 vs 325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 66.638 vs 28.025
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3344

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M5950

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1695
1314
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
325
574
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4933
1135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.449
1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
455.796
323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.295
0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.566
16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.025
66.638
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3093
1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3504
2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3344
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3093
1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3504
2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3344
3354
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M AMD FirePro M5950
PassMark - G3D Mark 1695 1314
PassMark - G2D Mark 325 574
Geekbench - OpenCL 4933 1135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.449 1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 455.796 323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.295 0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.566 16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 28.025 66.638
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3093 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3504 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3344 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3093 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3504 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3344 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2148

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M AMD FirePro M5950

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK107 Whistler
Launch date 25 June 2013 4 January 2011
Place in performance rating 990 991
Type Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 980 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 480
Texture fill rate 31.36 GTexel / s 17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 716 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0 n / a
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Form factor MXM-A

API support

DirectX 12 API 11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB / s 57 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus