AMD FirePro W4170M vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4170M and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT 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).

AMD FirePro W4170M

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 235 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 400 MHz
116.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1045 vs 9
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 211 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 April 2014 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1045 vs 9
PassMark - G2D Mark	211 vs 166

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

43.5x more texture fill rate: 940 MTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	940 MTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1045

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

211

166

Name	AMD FirePro W4170M	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1045	9
PassMark - G2D Mark	211	166
Geekbench - OpenCL	6460
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	15.502
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2802
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2689

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W4170M	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Mars	NV31 A1
Launch date	28 April 2014	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1043	1040
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz
Core clock speed	825 MHz	235 MHz
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s	940 MTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay