AMD FirePro W4170M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4170M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M 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 10 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 900 MHz vs 863 MHz
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 15.502 vs 8.832
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 April 2014 vs 30 May 2013
Boost clock speed 900 MHz vs 863 MHz
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.502 vs 8.832

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 825 MHz
  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 55.23 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
  • Around 92% better floating-point performance: 1,326 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
  • Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2004 vs 1046
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 289 vs 211
  • Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7240 vs 6460
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3275 vs 2802
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3275 vs 2802
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3333 vs 2689
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3333 vs 2689
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate 55.23 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,326 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2004 vs 1046
PassMark - G2D Mark 289 vs 211
Geekbench - OpenCL 7240 vs 6460
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3275 vs 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3275 vs 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 vs 2689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 vs 2689

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1046
2004
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
211
289
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6460
7240
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.502
8.832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2802
3275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2802
3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2689
3333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2689
3333
Name AMD FirePro W4170M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1046 2004
PassMark - G2D Mark 211 289
Geekbench - OpenCL 6460 7240
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.502 8.832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2802 3275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2802 3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2689 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2689 3333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 520.747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.952
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 43.535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3188
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3188
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 759

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W4170M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Mars GK106
Launch date 28 April 2014 30 May 2013
Place in performance rating 1043 1046
Type Mobile workstation Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 900 MHz 863 MHz
Core clock speed 825 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 1,326 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 768
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s 55.23 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 2,540 million
CUDA cores 768
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized large
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
SLI options 1

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

Technologies

AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA
Verde Drivers