FirePro V4900 vs Radeon HD 7970M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V4900 and Radeon HD 7970M, 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 7970M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 7970M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 7970M 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 7970M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro V4900 Radeon HD 7970M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 7970M has 33% more power consumption, than FirePro V4900.
  • FirePro V4900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon HD 7970M has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro V4900.
  • FirePro V4900 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M - in Laptops.
  • FirePro V4900 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M is 50 MHz higher, than FirePro V4900.
  • FirePro V4900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M is 800 MHz higher, than FirePro V4900.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 18−20
ultra / 1080p 1−2 10−12
QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 12−14 35−40
medium / 1080p 4−5 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 340% more, than FirePro V4900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V4900 Radeon HD 7970M
Architecture TeraScale 2 GCN
Code name Turks Wimbledon XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 1 November 2011 1 May 2012
Pipelines 480 1280
Core clock speed 800 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 68.00
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 2,176 gflops
Length 163 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 73 Mh/s 254 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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