FirePro M4100 vs Radeon HD 7850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M4100 and Radeon HD 7850, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro M4100 stacks up against Radeon HD 7850, check out specs charts below.

FirePro M4100 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: FirePro M4100 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with FirePro M4100 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M4100 Radeon HD 7850
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro M4100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 7850 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro M4100 and Radeon HD 7850 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro M4100 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7850 - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M4100 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon HD 7850 - with GCN 1.0.
  • FirePro M4100 and Radeon HD 7850 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro M4100 is 2800 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 18−20
ultra / 1080p 0−1 10−12
QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 12−14 35−40
medium / 1080p 3−4 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 350% more, than FirePro M4100.

Full Specs

  FirePro M4100 Radeon HD 7850
Architecture GCN GCN 1.0
Code name Mars Pitcairn
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 1 October 2013 5 March 2012
Pipelines 384 1024
Core clock speed 670 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 950 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 16.08 55.04
Floating-point performance 514.6 gflops 1,761 gflops
Length 210 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 74 Mh/s 249 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 12.5 Mh/s
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