FirePro V7900 vs Radeon HD 8770M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 8770M. 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 V7900 and Radeon HD 8770M. 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.

Radeon HD 8770M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8770M 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 8770M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon HD 8770M
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro V7900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 8770M uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 8770M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro V7900 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8770M - in Laptops.
  • FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon HD 8770M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8770M is 50 MHz higher, than FirePro V7900.
  • FirePro V7900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8770M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 500 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8770M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 7−8
ultra / 1080p 6−7 4−5
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 16−18
medium / 1080p 14−16 8−9
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 55% more, than Radeon HD 8770M.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon HD 8770M
Architecture TeraScale 3 GCN
Code name Cayman Mars
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 24 May 2011 16 November 2012
Pipelines 1280 384
Core clock speed 725 MHz 775 MHz
Boost Clock 825 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00 19.80
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops 633.6 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 72 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
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 171 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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