FirePro M4150 vs Radeon HD 7970

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M4150 and Radeon HD 7970, 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 7970, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro M4150 Radeon HD 7970
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro M4150 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 7970 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 7970 has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro M4150.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro M4150 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970 - with GCN.
  • FirePro M4150 and Radeon HD 7970 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro M4150 is 2625 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970.

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 7970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 683% more, than FirePro M4150.

Full Specs

  FirePro M4150 Radeon HD 7970
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
Code name Opal Tahiti XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 16 October 2013 22 December 2011
Pipelines 384 2048
Core clock speed 715 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz
Transistor count 950 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.16 118.4
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops 3,789 gflops
Length 274 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 264 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 +
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