AMD FirePro W7170M videocard review

AMD FirePro W7170M

FirePro W7170M videocard released by AMD; release date: 2 October 2015. The videocard is designed for mobile workstation-computers and based on GCN 3.0 microarchitecture codenamed Amethyst.

Core clock speed - 723 MHz. Texture fill rate - 92.54 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 2048. Floating-point performance - 2,961 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 5,000 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 100 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 160.0 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
3162
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
418
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
50809
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
6796 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
6796.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3722 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3722.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3362 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3362.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 3162
PassMark - G2D Mark 418
Geekbench - OpenCL 50809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6796 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6796.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3722 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3722.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3362 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3362.000 Fps

Games performance

Anno 2205 (2015)

Low, 1024x768146.00
Medium, 1366x76893.00
High, 1920x108043.00
Ultra, 1920x108020.00

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x76897.00
Medium, 1366x76872.00
High, 1920x108031.00
Ultra, 1920x108023.00

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768278.00
Medium, 1366x768187.00
High, 1920x108089.00
Ultra, 1920x108063.00

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x720177.00
Medium, 1344x756126.00
High, 1920x108070.00
Ultra, 1920x108052.00

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76862.00
Medium, 1366x76857.00
High, 1366x76857.00
Ultra, 1920x108040.00

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x768185.00
Medium, 1366x768162.00
High, 1366x768153.00
Ultra, 1920x108036.00

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76857.00
Medium, 1366x76856.00
High, 1366x76855.00
Ultra, 1920x108028.00

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x768120.00
Medium, 1366x768112.00
High, 1366x76894.00
Ultra, 1920x108044.00

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720220.00
Medium, 1366x768178.00
High, 1366x768158.00
Ultra, 1920x108066.00

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768375.00
Medium, 1366x768224.00
High, 1366x768167.00
Ultra, 1920x108051.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0
Code name Amethyst
Launch date 2 October 2015
Place in performance rating 429
Type Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 723 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 2048
Texture fill rate 92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt
Transistor count 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro