AMD FirePro W4170M videocard review

AMD FirePro W4170M

FirePro W4170M videocard released by AMD; release date: 28 April 2014. The videocard is designed for mobile workstation-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Mars.

Core clock speed - 825 MHz. Boost clock speed - 900 MHz. Texture fill rate - 21.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 384. Floating-point performance - 691.2 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,040 million.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 64 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38572
1041
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
211
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
6460
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
15.502 mPixels/s
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
2802 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
2802.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
2689 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
2689.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1041
PassMark - G2D Mark 211
Geekbench - OpenCL 6460
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 15.502 mPixels/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2802 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2802.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2689 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2689.000 Fps

Games performance

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x76886.00
Medium, 1366x76867.00
High, 1366x76855.20
Ultra, 1920x10809.00

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76838.80
Medium, 1366x76831.20
High, 1366x76819.47
Ultra, 1920x10807.30

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76865.80
Medium, 1366x76845.40
High, 1366x76823.50
Ultra, 1920x108011.30

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720108.00
Medium, 1366x76856.00
High, 1366x76849.00
Ultra, 1920x108017.00

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x76893.00
Medium, 1366x76839.00
High, 1366x76828.00
Ultra, 1920x108018.00

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768131.00
Medium, 1366x76861.00
High, 1366x76842.00
Ultra, 1920x108011.00

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76845.00
Medium, 1366x76841.00
High, 1366x76832.00
Ultra, 1920x108018.00

World of Tanks v8 (2012)

Low, 1024x768106.00
Medium, 1366x76865.00
High, 1366x76848.00
Ultra, 1920x108021.00

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768147.00
Medium, 1366x76889.00
High, 1366x76876.00
Ultra, 1920x108052.00

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768271.00
Medium, 1360x76884.00
High, 1360x76847.00
Ultra, 1920x108025.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

Low, 800x600321.00
Medium, 1024x768237.00
High, 1280x102461.00
Ultra, 1920x108030.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Mars
Launch date 28 April 2014
Place in performance rating 1042
Type Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 900 MHz
Core clock speed 825 MHz
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay