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.

AMD FirePro W4170M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

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 5750

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 5750

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 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1557 vs 1056
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 382 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	1557 vs 1056
PassMark - G2D Mark	382 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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1056

1557

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

211

382

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6460

5750

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15.502

18.461

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2802

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2802

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2689

3322

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2689

3322

Name	AMD FirePro W4170M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark	1056	1557
PassMark - G2D Mark	211	382
Geekbench - OpenCL	6460	5750
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
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Mars	GF116
Launch date	28 April 2014	15 March 2011
Place in performance rating	1016	1019
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Price now		$287.59
Value for money (0-100)		7.49
Technical info
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
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
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
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
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
AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI