AMD FirePro W4300 vs AMD FirePro W7170M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4300 and AMD FirePro W7170M 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), 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4300

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 723 MHz
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 649 vs 418
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6161 vs 3722
  • 5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 17597 vs 3362
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6161 vs 3722
  • 5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 17597 vs 3362
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 December 2015 vs 2 October 2015
Core clock speed 930 MHz vs 723 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 649 vs 418
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6161 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 17597 vs 3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6161 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 17597 vs 3362

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 768
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 1,428 gflops
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3162 vs 2820
  • 4.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 50809 vs 11008
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6796 vs 3572
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6796 vs 3572
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 92.54 GTexel / s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops vs 1,428 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3162 vs 2820
Geekbench - OpenCL 50809 vs 11008
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6796 vs 3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6796 vs 3572

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4300
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7170M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2820
3162
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
649
418
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11008
50809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3572
6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6161
3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17597
3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3572
6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6161
3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17597
3362
Name AMD FirePro W4300 AMD FirePro W7170M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2820 3162
PassMark - G2D Mark 649 418
Geekbench - OpenCL 11008 50809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 828.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 59.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 152.484
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3572 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6161 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 17597 3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3572 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6161 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 17597 3362

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W4300 AMD FirePro W7170M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Bonaire Amethyst
Launch date 1 December 2015 2 October 2015
Place in performance rating 427 428
Type Workstation Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 930 MHz 723 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 2048
Texture fill rate 44.64 GTexel / s 92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 171 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro