AMD FirePro W5170M vs AMD FirePro S9000

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5170M and AMD FirePro S9000 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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 - 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).

AMD FirePro W5170M

AMD FirePro S9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later

Launch date	25 August 2014 vs 24 August 2012

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9000

2.7x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
2.8x more pipelines: 1792 vs 640
2.7x better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
Around 22% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 4500 MHz
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5059 vs 1802
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 561 vs 358
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3707 vs 3189
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3707 vs 3189

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 640
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5059 vs 1802
PassMark - G2D Mark	561 vs 358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3707 vs 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3707 vs 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5170M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1802

5059

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

358

561

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3189

3707

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3189

3707

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

Name	AMD FirePro W5170M	AMD FirePro S9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	1802	5059
PassMark - G2D Mark	358	561
Geekbench - OpenCL	8303
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3189	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3189	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		275.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		91.842

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W5170M	AMD FirePro S9000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tropo	Tahiti
Launch date	25 August 2014	24 August 2012
Place in performance rating	685	688
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops	3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	1792
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s	100.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	4,313 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		350 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		1
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	264 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro