FirePro M4000 vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M4000 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, 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 R5 Bristol Ridge, check out specs charts below.

FirePro M4000 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro M4000 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M4000 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 12-45 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • FirePro M4000 has 175% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
  • FirePro M4000 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - in Laptops.
  • FirePro M4000 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • FirePro M4000 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 3−4
ultra / 1080p 4−5 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 14−16
medium / 1080p 9−10 5−6
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M4000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

Full Specs

  FirePro M4000 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture GCN GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name Cape Verde GLM Bristol Ridge
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 1 July 2012 1 June 2016
Pipelines 512 384
Core clock speed 600 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 21.60
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
Shared memory - +
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bus support n/a
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 79 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Form factor MXM-A
StereoOutput3D +
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