FirePro W4190M vs ATI FirePro M7740

Place in the ranking	871	783
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.48	no data
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	M97	Opal
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	4 August 2009 (15 years ago)	12 November 2015 (9 years ago)

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 cores	640	384
Core clock speed	650 MHz	825 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	900 MHz
Number of transistors	826 million	950 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	20.80	21.60
Floating-point processing power	0.832 TFLOPS	0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	32	24

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).

Laptop size	large	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	846 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	54.14 GB/s	64 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

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

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

9−10

−44.4%

13
+44.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −27.3%	14−16 +27.3%
Forza Horizon 5	0−1	3−4
Metro Exodus	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Dota 2	5−6 −60%	8 +60%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −21.4%	16−18 +21.4%
Fortnite	10−12 −54.5%	16−18 +54.5%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −27.3%	14−16 +27.3%
Forza Horizon 5	0−1	3−4
Grand Theft Auto V	5−6 −140%	12 +140%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 −57.1%	33 +57.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
World of Tanks	40−45 −31.7%	50−55 +31.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Dota 2	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −21.4%	16−18 +21.4%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −27.3%	14−16 +27.3%
Forza Horizon 5	0−1	3−4
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 −28.6%	27−30 +28.6%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	0−1	1−2
Grand Theft Auto V	0−1	2−3
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −50%	21−24 +50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
World of Tanks	14−16 −50%	21−24 +50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Forza Horizon 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Valorant	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Fortnite	0−1	2−3
Forza Horizon 5	0−1	1−2
Valorant	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Valorant

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Valorant

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Valorant

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

This is how ATI M7740 and W4190M compete in popular games:

W4190M is 44% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Battlefield 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the W4190M is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

W4190M is ahead in 42 tests (78%)
there's a draw in 12 tests (22%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.06	2.87
Recency	4 August 2009	12 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm

W4190M has a 39.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The FirePro W4190M is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro M7740 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.