AMD FirePro W4170M vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4170M and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX 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 Go 7950 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 575 MHz
Around 57% higher boost clock speed: 900 MHz vs 575 MHz
Around 57% higher texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1037 vs 264
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2689 vs 951
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2689 vs 951

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 April 2014 vs 12 October 2006
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 575 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1037 vs 264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2689 vs 951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2689 vs 951

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 283 vs 212

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	283 vs 212

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1037

264

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

283

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2689

951

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2689

951

Name	AMD FirePro W4170M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	1037	264
PassMark - G2D Mark	212	283
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	951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2689	951

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W4170M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Mars	G71
Launch date	28 April 2014	12 October 2006
Place in performance rating	1035	1039
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	575 MHz
Core clock speed	825 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	384	24
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s	13.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	278 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-III
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II