FirePro W4190M vs Radeon HD 7870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W4190M and Radeon HD 7870. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro W4190M and Radeon HD 7870. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

FirePro W4190M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: FirePro W4190M 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 FirePro W4190M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W4190M Radeon HD 7870
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • FirePro W4190M and Radeon HD 7870 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro W4190M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7870 - in Desktops.
  • FirePro W4190M and Radeon HD 7870 are build with GCN architecture.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 175 MHz higher, than FirePro W4190M.
  • FirePro W4190M and Radeon HD 7870 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 800 MHz higher, than FirePro W4190M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 24−27
ultra / 1080p 1−2 14−16
QHD / 1440p 0−1 9−10
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 14−16 45−50
medium / 1080p 5−6 30−33
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 383% more, than FirePro W4190M.

Full Specs

  FirePro W4190M Radeon HD 7870
Architecture GCN GCN
Code name Mars XTX? Pitcairn XT
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 12 November 2015 5 March 2012
Pipelines 384 1280
Core clock speed 825 MHz 1000 MHz
Boost Clock 900 MHz
Transistor count 950 million 2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 21.60
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.39 kh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.63 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 16.6 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 145 Sol/s
AppAcceleration +
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