AMD FirePro W4170M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4170M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 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 GTS 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
Around 79% better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1037 vs 601
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 211 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 April 2014 vs 4 March 2009
Pipelines	384 vs 128
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1037 vs 601
PassMark - G2D Mark	211 vs 59

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

2.2x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 825 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3108 vs 2802
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3108 vs 2802
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 2689
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 2689

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3108 vs 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3108 vs 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 2689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 2689

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1037

601

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

211

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2802

3108

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2802

3108

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2689

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2689

3351

Name	AMD FirePro W4170M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
PassMark - G3D Mark	1037	601
PassMark - G2D Mark	211	59
Geekbench - OpenCL	6460
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	15.502
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2802	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2802	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2689	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2689	3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W4170M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Mars	G92B
Launch date	28 April 2014	4 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1035	1039
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$114.99
Value for money (0-100)		9.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz
Core clock speed	825 MHz	1836 MHz
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	128
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s	47.2 billion / sec
Transistor count	1,040 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		150 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI