AMD FirePro M4000 vs AMD FirePro V4900

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M4000 and AMD FirePro V4900 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M4000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 512 vs 480
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1604 vs 988
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 412 vs 309
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 15.659 vs 6.303
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 424.37 vs 392.237
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.67 vs 0.597
  • Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 30.072 vs 17.874
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 79.304 vs 72.818
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2189 vs 1747
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2189 vs 1747
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 June 2012 vs 1 November 2011
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 480
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1604 vs 988
PassMark - G2D Mark 412 vs 309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.659 vs 6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 424.37 vs 392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.67 vs 0.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.072 vs 17.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 79.304 vs 72.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2189 vs 1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2189 vs 1747

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V4900

  • Around 19% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 675 MHz
  • Around 11% better floating-point performance: 768.0 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12641 vs 5495
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3753 vs 3539
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7745 vs 3357
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3753 vs 3539
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7745 vs 3357
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 675 MHz
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 12641 vs 5495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3753 vs 3539
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7745 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3753 vs 3539
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7745 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M4000
GPU 2: AMD FirePro V4900

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1604
988
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
412
309
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5495
12641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.659
6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
424.37
392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.67
0.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
30.072
17.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.304
72.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2189
1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3539
3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
7745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2189
1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3539
3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
7745
Name AMD FirePro M4000 AMD FirePro V4900
PassMark - G3D Mark 1604 988
PassMark - G2D Mark 412 309
Geekbench - OpenCL 5495 12641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.659 6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 424.37 392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.67 0.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.072 17.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 79.304 72.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2189 1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3539 3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 7745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2189 1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3539 3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 7745

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro M4000 AMD FirePro V4900

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Chelsea Turks
Launch date 27 June 2012 1 November 2011
Place in performance rating 945 947
Type Mobile workstation Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 675 MHz 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 512 480
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s 19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 716 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support n / a
Form factor MXM-A
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 163 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0