FirePro W4130M vs Radeon HD 7850

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking451not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.81no data
Power efficiency5.37no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code namePitcairnMars
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date5 March 2012 (12 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1024384
Core clock speedno data775 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz825 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Wattno data
Texture fill rate55.0419.80
Floating-point processing power1.761 TFLOPSno data
ROPs328
TMUs6424

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s64 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1212 (11_1)
Shader Model5.16.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1 (1.2)
Vulkan+1.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB

HD 7850 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7850 and FirePro W4130M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7850 is a desktop card while FirePro W4130M is a workstation one.


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