FirePro V4900 vs Radeon HD 7870
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V4900 and Radeon HD 7870, 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 7870, check out specs charts below.
Main Specs
FirePro V4900
Radeon HD 7870
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
175 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2 GB
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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Radeon HD 7870 has 133% more power consumption, than FirePro V4900.
Radeon HD 7870 has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro V4900.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
FirePro V4900 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 - with GCN.
Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 200 MHz higher, than FirePro V4900.
FirePro V4900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7870 - by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 800 MHz higher, than FirePro V4900.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
2−3
24−27
ultra / 1080p
1−2
14−16
QHD / 1440p
0−1
9−10
4K / 2160p
−
6−7
low / 720p
12−14
45−50
medium / 1080p
4−5
30−33
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 480% more, than FirePro V4900.
high / 1080p
6−7
35−40
ultra / 1080p
5−6
30−35
QHD / 1440p
0−1
16−18
4K / 2160p
−
10−11
low / 720p
16−18
75−80
medium / 1080p
6−7
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Battlefield 5 is 487% more, than FirePro V4900.
low / 768p
50−55
50−55
high / 1080p
35−40
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
FirePro V4900 and Radeon HD 7870 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
110−120
240−250
medium / 768p
90−95
210−220
ultra / 1080p
40−45
130−140
QHD / 1440p
24−27
100−110
4K / 2160p
−
60−65
high / 768p
65−70
180−190
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 160% more, than FirePro V4900.
low / 768p
75−80
60−65
ultra / 1080p
18−20
−
medium / 1080p
50−55
55−60
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V4900 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 8% more, than Radeon HD 7870.
low / 768p
70−75
120−130
medium / 768p
50−55
110−120
ultra / 1080p
24−27
85−90
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Dota 2 is 118% more, than FirePro V4900.
high / 1080p
3−4
30−33
ultra / 1080p
2−3
27−30
QHD / 1440p
−
21−24
4K / 2160p
1−2
9−10
low / 720p
12−14
60−65
medium / 1080p
4−5
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Far Cry 5 is 540% more, than FirePro V4900.
high / 1080p
10−12
35−40
ultra / 1080p
6−7
30−33
QHD / 1440p
4−5
18−20
low / 720p
50−55
130−140
medium / 1080p
12−14
80−85
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Fortnite is 258% more, than FirePro V4900.
high / 1080p
7−8
40−45
ultra / 1080p
6−7
30−33
QHD / 1440p
1−2
18−20
4K / 2160p
−
14−16
low / 720p
18−20
75−80
medium / 1080p
9−10
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Forza Horizon 4 is 437% more, than FirePro V4900.
low / 768p
45−50
110−120
medium / 768p
35−40
100−110
high / 1080p
6−7
45−50
ultra / 1080p
3−4
20−22
QHD / 1440p
0−1
10−11
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Grand Theft Auto V is 213% more, than FirePro V4900.
high / 1080p
2−3
14−16
ultra / 1080p
0−1
12−14
QHD / 1440p
−
10−12
4K / 2160p
0−1
4−5
low / 720p
5−6
45−50
medium / 1080p
3−4
21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Metro Exodus is 833% more, than FirePro V4900.
low / 768p
85−90
120−130
high / 1080p
60−65
−
medium / 1080p
−
110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Minecraft is 43% more, than FirePro V4900.
ultra / 1080p
12−14
14−16
low / 720p
24−27
75−80
medium / 1080p
14−16
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 117% more, than FirePro V4900.
high / 1080p
−
16−18
ultra / 1080p
6−7
10−12
QHD / 1440p
−
4−5
4K / 2160p
−
2−3
low / 720p
6−7
45−50
medium / 1080p
−
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 383% more, than FirePro V4900.
low / 768p
12−14
85−90
medium / 768p
10−11
50−55
high / 1080p
5−6
30−33
ultra / 1080p
4−5
16−18
4K / 2160p
2−3
10−11
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 457% more, than FirePro V4900.
low / 768p
85−90
90−95
medium / 768p
35−40
60−65
ultra / 1080p
14−16
45−50
high / 768p
30−33
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in World of Tanks is 54% more, than FirePro V4900.
Full Specs
FirePro V4900
Radeon HD 7870
Architecture
TeraScale 2
GCN
Code name
Turks
Pitcairn XT
Type
Workstation
Desktop
Release date
1 November 2011
5 March 2012
Pipelines
480
1280
Core clock speed
800 MHz
1000 MHz
Transistor count
716 million
2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
19.20
Floating-point performance
768.0 gflops
Length
163 mm
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
Shared memory
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
Shader Model
5.0
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
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