NVIDIA Quadro P400 vs AMD FirePro M5950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P400 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 - 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 Quadro P400

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 21.25 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 4012 MHz vs 3600 MHz
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1639 vs 1314
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3053 vs 1206
  • 16.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 20.138 vs 1.199
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.391 vs 0.535
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 24.886 vs 16.137
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 84.858 vs 66.638
  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2709 vs 1528
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2875 vs 2590
  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2709 vs 1528
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2875 vs 2590
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 February 2017 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed 1228 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 21.25 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 4012 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1639 vs 1314
Geekbench - OpenCL 3053 vs 1206
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.138 vs 1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.391 vs 0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.886 vs 16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 84.858 vs 66.638
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2709 vs 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2875 vs 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2709 vs 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2875 vs 2590

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5950

  • Around 88% higher pipelines: 480 vs 256
  • Around 2% better floating-point performance: 696.0 gflops vs 679.9 gflops
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 574 vs 443
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 323.699 vs 318.72
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3328
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3328
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 256
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops vs 679.9 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 574 vs 443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 323.699 vs 318.72
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3328

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P400
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M5950

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1639
1314
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
443
574
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3053
1206
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.138
1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
318.72
323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.391
0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.886
16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
84.858
66.638
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2709
1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2875
2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2709
1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2875
2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
3354
Name NVIDIA Quadro P400 AMD FirePro M5950
PassMark - G3D Mark 1639 1314
PassMark - G2D Mark 443 574
Geekbench - OpenCL 3053 1206
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.138 1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 318.72 323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.391 0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.886 16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 84.858 66.638
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2709 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2875 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2709 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2875 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 617

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro P400 AMD FirePro M5950

Essentials

Architecture Pascal TeraScale 2
Code name GP107 Whistler
Launch date 7 February 2017 4 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $119.99
Place in performance rating 982 995
Price now $119.99
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100) 18.70

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1252 MHz
Core clock speed 1228 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 256 480
Texture fill rate 21.25 GTexel / s 17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 716 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support n / a
Form factor MXM-A
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB / s 57 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4012 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0