NVIDIA GRID K1
VS
AMD FirePro M5950
NVIDIA GRID K1
VS
AMD FirePro M5950

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD FirePro M5950. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

711
Place in performance rating
572
Kepler
Architecture
Terascale 2
GK107
Code name
Whistler
Workstation
Type
Mobile workstation
18 March 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
13 April 2011 (10 years ago)
$4,140
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$340 (0.1x MSRP)
Price now
$386
0.19
Value for money
0.48
GK107
GPU code name
Whistler-XT
Workstation
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD FirePro M5950 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
480
850 MHz
Core clock speed
725 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
716 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
130 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
13.60
Texture fill rate
17.40
4x 326.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
696.0 gflops
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
1,270 million
Number of transistors
716 million
130 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
35 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD FirePro M5950.

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

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD FirePro M5950 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1782 MHz
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
28.51 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
57 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD FirePro M5950, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD FirePro M5950. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD FirePro M5950 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 NVIDIA GRID K1 or AMD FirePro M5950 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GRID K1
AMD FirePro M5950
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GRID K1
AMD FirePro M5950
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GRID K1
AMD FirePro M5950
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GRID K1
AMD FirePro M5950
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GRID K1
AMD FirePro M5950
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GRID K1

Cheaper ($340 (0.1x MSRP) vs $386)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of AMD FirePro M5950

2.33% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (480 vs 192)

Less power consumption (35 Watt vs 130 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (57 GB/s vs 28.51 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GRID K1 or AMD FirePro M5950?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD FirePro M5950 .

NVIDIA GRID K1 versus AMD FirePro M5950 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GRID K1
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