FirePro V4900 vs Radeon R9 M385

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V4900 and Radeon R9 M385. 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 V4900 and Radeon R9 M385. 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 R9 M385 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M385 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 R9 M385 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro V4900 Radeon R9 M385
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro V4900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M385 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M385 has 3 GB more memory, than FirePro V4900.
  • FirePro V4900 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M385 - in Laptops.
  • FirePro V4900 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 M385 - with GCN.
  • FirePro V4900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M385 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V4900 is 2500 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M385.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 10−12
ultra / 1080p 1−2 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 12−14 24−27
medium / 1080p 4−5 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M385 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 180% more, than FirePro V4900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V4900 Radeon R9 M385
Architecture TeraScale 2 GCN
Code name Turks Strato
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 1 November 2011 16 June 2015
Pipelines 480 896
Core clock speed 800 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 56.00
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 1,792 gflops
Length 163 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.3
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 73 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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