AMD FirePro W4170M vs AMD Radeon E8860

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4170M and AMD Radeon E8860 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4170M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
• Around 43% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 575 MHz
• Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 900 MHz vs 625 MHz
• Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2802 vs 1655
• Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2802 vs 1655

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8860

• Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
• Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
• Around 16% better floating-point performance: 800.0 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
• Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 4000 MHz
• Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1686 vs 1056
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 436 vs 211
• 4.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26300 vs 6460
• Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 20.395 vs 15.502
• Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4345 vs 2689
• Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4345 vs 2689

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4170M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8860

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1056 1686
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	211 436
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	6460 26300
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	15.502 20.395
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2802 1655
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2802 1655
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2689 4345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2689 4345

Compare specifications (specs)