AMD FirePro M5950
VS
AMD Radeon Sky 500
AMD FirePro M5950
VS
AMD Radeon Sky 500

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD FirePro M5950  vs  AMD Radeon Sky 500.

572
Place in performance rating
266
Terascale 2
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Whistler
Code name
Pitcairn
Mobile workstation
Type
Desktop
13 April 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
27 March 2013 (8 years ago)
$386
Price now
$129
0.48
Value for money
15.67
Whistler-XT
GPU code name
Pitcairn
Mobile workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD FirePro M5950  vs  AMD Radeon Sky 500 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

480
Pipelines
1280
725 MHz
Core clock speed
950 MHz
716 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
35 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
17.40
Texture fill rate
76.00
696.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,432 gflops
480
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
716 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
35 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD FirePro M5950 and AMD Radeon Sky 500 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

MXM-A (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
no data
Length
242 mm
no data
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
medium sized
Laptop size
no data
n/a
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
MXM-A
Form factor
full height / full length

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD FirePro M5950 vs AMD Radeon Sky 500.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
900 MHz
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
57 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
154 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD FirePro M5950 vs AMD Radeon Sky 500.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DisplayPort
no data
Dual-link DVI support
1
no data
DisplayPort count
1

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD FirePro M5950 and AMD Radeon Sky 500 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

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

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD FirePro M5950 and AMD Radeon Sky 500 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD FirePro M5950 or AMD Radeon Sky 500 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD FirePro M5950
AMD Radeon Sky 500
Death Stranding (2020) AMD FirePro M5950
AMD Radeon Sky 500
F1 2020 (2020) AMD FirePro M5950
AMD Radeon Sky 500
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD FirePro M5950
AMD Radeon Sky 500
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD FirePro M5950
AMD Radeon Sky 500
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD FirePro M5950

Less power consumption (35 Watt vs 150 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon Sky 500

16.56% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($129 vs $386)

More pipelines (1280 vs 480)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (154 GB/s vs 57 GB/s)

So, AMD FirePro M5950 or AMD Radeon Sky 500?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon Sky 500 .

AMD FirePro M5950 versus AMD Radeon Sky 500 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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Passmark

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User rating

4.1 Out of 22 Hitesti Score
0.0 Out of 0 Hitesti Score