FirePro M4000 vs Radeon HD 7950

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M4000 and Radeon HD 7950, 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 7950, 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 7950
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 200 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7950 has 506% more power consumption, than FirePro M4000.
  • FirePro M4000 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon HD 7950 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 7950 has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro M4000.
  • FirePro M4000 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7950 - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M4000 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
  • FirePro M4000 and Radeon HD 7950 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro M4000 is 3250 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 35−40
ultra / 1080p 4−5 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 18−20 60−65
medium / 1080p 9−10 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than FirePro M4000.

Full Specs

  FirePro M4000 Radeon HD 7950
Architecture GCN GCN 1.0
Code name Cape Verde GLM Tahiti
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 1 July 2012 31 January 2012
Pipelines 512 1792
Core clock speed 600 MHz
Boost Clock 1250 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 21.60 89.60
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 2,867 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 240 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support n/a PCIe 3.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 79 Mh/s 381 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
PowerTune +
ZeroCore +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
CrossFire +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.78 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 250 Sol/s
Compute units 28
Form factor MXM-A
StereoOutput3D +
AppAcceleration +
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