AMD FirePro W5170M videocard review

AMD FirePro W5170M

FirePro W5170M videocard released by AMD; release date: 25 August 2014. The videocard is designed for mobile workstation-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Tropo.

Core clock speed - 900 MHz. Boost clock speed - 925 MHz. Texture fill rate - 37 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 640. Floating-point performance - 1,184 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,500 million.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 72 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
1788
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
366
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
8045
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
3409 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
3409.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3189 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3189.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3355 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3355.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1788
PassMark - G2D Mark 366
Geekbench - OpenCL 8045
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3409 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3409.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3189 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3189.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3355 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3355.000 Fps

Games performance

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Medium, 1366x76831.00
High, 1920x108014.80

Thief (2014)

Medium, 1366x76843.80
High, 1366x76837.70
Ultra, 1920x108020.00

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Medium, 1366x768113.60
High, 1366x76899.60
Ultra, 1920x108016.40

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Medium, 1366x76895.20
High, 1366x76880.90
Ultra, 1920x108028.70

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Tropo
Launch date 25 August 2014
Place in performance rating 682
Type Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 925 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 640
Texture fill rate 37 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro