FirePro M4150 vs Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M4150 and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire, 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 M4150 stacks up against Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire 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 Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M4150 Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2x2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro M4150.
  • FirePro M4150 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • FirePro M4150 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Both graphics cards have the same core clock speed.
  • FirePro M4150 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro M4150 is 3100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 35−40
ultra / 1080p 0−1 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 12−14 60−65
medium / 1080p 3−4 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 683% more, than FirePro M4150.

Full Specs

  FirePro M4150 Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
Architecture GCN 1.0 Terascale 2
Code name Opal Blackcomb XTX
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 16 October 2013 12 July 2011
Pipelines 384 2240
Core clock speed 715 MHz 715 MHz
Transistor count 950 million 2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 17.16
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Laptop size large
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