FirePro M4000 vs FirePro M8900

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	762
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	8.87
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Blackcomb	Chelsea
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	12 April 2011 (14 years ago)	27 June 2012 (13 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	960	512
Core clock speed	680 MHz	675 MHz
Number of transistors	1,700 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	33 Watt
Texture fill rate	32.64	21.60
Floating-point processing power	1.306 TFLOPS	0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	48	32
L1 Cache	192 KB	128 KB
L2 Cache	512 KB	256 KB

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
Bus support	n/a	n/a
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Form factor	MXM-B	MXM-A
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	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	115 GB/s	72 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
StereoOutput3D	-	+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 April 2011	27 June 2012
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	33 Watt