FirePro V4900 vs Radeon HD 6850M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V4900 and Radeon HD 6850M, 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 V4900 stacks up against Radeon HD 6850M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 6850M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6850M 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 6850M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro V4900 Radeon HD 6850M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
  Check Price Check Price
  • FirePro V4900 has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro V4900 and Radeon HD 6850M have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • FirePro V4900 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6850M - in Laptops.
  • FirePro V4900 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 6850M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro V4900 is 225 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • FirePro V4900 and Radeon HD 6850M are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V4900 is 3200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 2−3
ultra / 1080p 1−2 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 12−14
medium / 1080p 4−5 3−4
FirePro V4900 and Radeon HD 6850M have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro V4900 Radeon HD 6850M
Architecture TeraScale 2 Terascale 2
Code name Turks Granville Pro/LP
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 1 November 2011 6 January 2011
Pipelines 480 800
Core clock speed 800 MHz 575 / 675 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 27.00
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 1,080.0 gflops
Length 163 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 73 Mh/s
Laptop size large
  Check Price Check Price