FirePro M8900 and FirePro M4000 - video card comparison
FirePro M8900
FirePro M4000
Architecture
Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name
Blackcomb XT
Cape Verde GLM
Market segment
Mobile workstation
Mobile workstation
Release date
April 2011
July 2012
Bus support
n/a
n/a
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
680 MHz
600 MHz
Floating-point performance
1,305.6 gflops
691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
1,700 million
1,500 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
960
512
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
33 Watt
Texture fill rate
32.64
21.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
115 GB/s
72 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
12 (11_1)
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.4
4.6
Shader Model
5.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131
StereoOutput3D
-
1