FirePro M4000 vs Radeon HD 5850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M4000 and Radeon HD 5850, 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 M4000 stacks up against Radeon HD 5850, check out specs charts below.

FirePro M4000 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: FirePro M4000 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 M4000 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M4000 Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 151 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5850 has 357% more power consumption, than FirePro M4000.
  • FirePro M4000 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon HD 5850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro M4000 and Radeon HD 5850 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • FirePro M4000 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 5850 - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M4000 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5850 is 125 MHz higher, than FirePro M4000.
  • FirePro M4000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro M4000 is 2500 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 9−10
ultra / 1080p 4−5 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 21−24
medium / 1080p 9−10 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than FirePro M4000.

Full Specs

  FirePro M4000 Radeon HD 5850
Architecture GCN Terascale 2
Code name Cape Verde GLM Cypress
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 1 July 2012 30 September 2009
Pipelines 512 1440
Core clock speed 600 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 21.60 52.20
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bus support n/a
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 79 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor MXM-A
StereoOutput3D +
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