FirePro M4150 vs Radeon R9 270X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M4150 and Radeon R9 270X, 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 M4150 stacks up against Radeon R9 270X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro M4150 Radeon R9 270X
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro M4150 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R9 270X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 270X has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro M4150.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro M4150 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 270X - with GCN.
  • FirePro M4150 and Radeon R9 270X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 24−27
ultra / 1080p 0−1 14−16
QHD / 1440p 0−1 10−11
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 12−14 45−50
medium / 1080p 3−4 30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 483% more, than FirePro M4150.

Full Specs

  FirePro M4150 Radeon R9 270X
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
Code name Opal Curacao XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 16 October 2013 8 October 2013
Pipelines 384 1280
Core clock speed 715 MHz
Boost Clock 1050 MHz
Transistor count 950 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.16 84.00
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops 2,688 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 179.2 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 +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 318 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 30 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 163 Sol/s
AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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