AMD FirePro W4170M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4170M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4170M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
- 3.9x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1026 MHz
- Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6460 vs 5772
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 28 April 2014 vs 15 March 2011 |
Pipelines | 384 vs 192 |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 1 GB |
Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz vs 1026 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 6460 vs 5772 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
- 2.2x more core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 825 MHz
- Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 28.8 billion / sec vs 21.6 GTexel / s
- Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1554 vs 1045
- Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 377 vs 211
- Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 18.461 vs 15.502
- Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3351 vs 2802
- Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3351 vs 2802
- Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3322 vs 2689
- Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3322 vs 2689
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 825 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 28.8 billion / sec vs 21.6 GTexel / s |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1554 vs 1045 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 377 vs 211 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 18.461 vs 15.502 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3351 vs 2802 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3351 vs 2802 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3322 vs 2689 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3322 vs 2689 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD FirePro W4170M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1045 | 1554 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 211 | 377 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 6460 | 5772 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 15.502 | 18.461 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2802 | 3351 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2802 | 3351 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2689 | 3322 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2689 | 3322 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 354.392 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.125 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 18.511 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 41.941 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2488 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2488 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 322 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD FirePro W4170M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti | |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Fermi 2.0 |
Code name | Mars | GF116 |
Launch date | 28 April 2014 | 15 March 2011 |
Place in performance rating | 1043 | 1046 |
Type | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $149 | |
Price now | $287.59 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 7.49 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 825 MHz | 1800 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 691.2 gflops | 691.2 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 384 | 192 |
Texture fill rate | 21.6 GTexel / s | 28.8 billion / sec |
Transistor count | 1,040 million | 1,170 million |
CUDA cores | 192 | |
Maximum GPU temperature | 100 °C | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 116 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | One 6-pin |
Bus support | 16x PCI-E 2.0 | |
Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
Length | 8.25" (21 cm) | |
SLI options | 2-way | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.2 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 64 GB / s | 98.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz | 1026 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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