AMD FirePro M5950
The AMD FirePro M5950 is a workstation graphics card released on January 4, 2011, built on the TeraScale 2 architecture using a 40 nm process. It has 480 shading units, 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus and a boost clock of 725 MHz. It scores 1,314 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.1.
Depth: 30 recorded fields
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The AMD FirePro M5950 scores 1,314 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 59.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,245), measured across 2 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 574.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the AMD FirePro M5950 states the PCIe 2.1 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 725 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.1, first benchmarked on 2011-06-14. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The AMD FirePro M5950 is based on the TeraScale 2 architecture, uses the Whistler XT graphics processor and is manufactured on a 40 nm process.
Shader configuration
The AMD FirePro M5950 has 480 shading units, 24 texture mapping units and 8 render output units.
The AMD FirePro M5950 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD FirePro M5950.
Clock speeds
The AMD FirePro M5950 runs at a base clock of 725 MHz.
Memory
The AMD FirePro M5950 is equipped with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory and uses a 128-bit memory bus.
Board and power
The AMD FirePro M5950 it connects over PCIe 2.1 x16.
Market
The AMD FirePro M5950 was released on January 4, 2011.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The AMD FirePro M5950 supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.1.
CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD FirePro M5950. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD FirePro M5950. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD FirePro M5950.
Naming and aliases
The AMD FirePro M5950 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as AMD (ATI) FirePro M5950 (FireGL) Mobility Pro Grap, AMD FirePro (TM) M5950 Mobility Professional Graph, AMD FirePro M5950 Mobility Professional Graphics and AMD FirePro M5950 (FireGL V).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the AMD FirePro M5950 have?
The AMD FirePro M5950 has 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus.
How fast is the AMD FirePro M5950?
The AMD FirePro M5950 scores 1,314 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 59.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,245.
What bus interface does the AMD FirePro M5950 use?
The AMD FirePro M5950 connects over PCIe 2.1 x16.
When was the AMD FirePro M5950 released?
The AMD FirePro M5950 was released on January 4, 2011.