Arc A730M vs FirePro M4000

Place in performance ranking	650	135
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.42	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Xe HPG (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Cape Verde GLM	Alchemist
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	1 July 2012 (12 years ago)	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price	$433	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	384
Core clock speed	600 MHz	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	120 Watt (80 - 120 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	21.60	211.2
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro M4000 and Arc A730M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Bus support	n/a	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Form factor	MXM-A	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
StereoOutput3D	1	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro M4000 4.15

Arc A730M 35.31
+751%

Arc A730M outperforms FirePro M4000 by 751% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro M4000 1604

Arc A730M 10487
+554%

Arc A730M outperforms FirePro M4000 by 554% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

FirePro M4000 1981

Arc A730M 29144
+1371%

Arc A730M outperforms FirePro M4000 by 1371% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

FirePro M4000 8628

Arc A730M 63380
+635%

Arc A730M outperforms FirePro M4000 by 635% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

FirePro M4000 1713

Arc A730M 21294
+1143%

Arc A730M outperforms FirePro M4000 by 1143% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

FirePro M4000 12587

Arc A730M 83396
+563%

Arc A730M outperforms FirePro M4000 by 563% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	32 −125%	72 +125%
1440p	5−6 −780%	44 +780%
4K	2−3 −1150%	25 +1150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	no data
Battlefield 5	10−11	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8	no data
Far Cry 5	9−10	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12	no data
Forza Horizon 4	18−20	no data
Hitman 3	8−9	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Metro Exodus	6−7	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	no data
Battlefield 5	10−11	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8	no data
Far Cry 5	9−10	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12	no data
Forza Horizon 4	18−20	no data
Hitman 3	8−9	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Metro Exodus	6−7	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8	no data
Far Cry 5	9−10	no data
Forza Horizon 4	18−20	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	no data
Far Cry 5	6−7	no data
Forza Horizon 4	7−8	no data
Hitman 3	9−10	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11	no data
Metro Exodus	0−1	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	no data
Hitman 3	0−1	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	no data
Far Cry 5	2−3	no data
Forza Horizon 4	3−4	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5	no data
Metro Exodus	6−7	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	37 −711%	300−310 +711%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 −733%	700−750 +733%

4K
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

40−45
−632%

300−310

+632%

This is how FirePro M4000 and Arc A730M compete in popular games:

Arc A730M is 125% faster in 1080p
Arc A730M is 780% faster in 1440p
Arc A730M is 1150% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.15	35.31
Recency	1 July 2012	30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	120 Watt