AMD FirePro W5170M vs AMD Radeon HD 6970

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5170M and AMD Radeon HD 6970 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD FirePro W5170M

AMD Radeon HD 6970

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 925 MHz vs 880 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3.3x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1375 MHz

Launch date	25 August 2014 vs 14 December 2010
Boost clock speed	925 MHz vs 880 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1375 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970

2.3x more texture fill rate: 84.5 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 640
2.3x better floating-point performance: 2,703.4 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2836 vs 1749
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 429 vs 371
4.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35739 vs 8330
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5372 vs 3409
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5372 vs 3409
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3189
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3189

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	84.5 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,703.4 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2836 vs 1749
PassMark - G2D Mark	429 vs 371
Geekbench - OpenCL	35739 vs 8330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5372 vs 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5372 vs 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5170M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1749

2836

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

429

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8330

35739

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3409

5372

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3409

5372

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3189

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3189

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3358

Name	AMD FirePro W5170M	AMD Radeon HD 6970
PassMark - G3D Mark	1749	2836
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	429
Geekbench - OpenCL	8330	35739
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3409	5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3409	5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3189	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3189	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		18.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		920.398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		52.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		273.175
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W5170M	AMD Radeon HD 6970
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 3
Code name	Tropo	Cayman
Launch date	25 August 2014	14 December 2010
Place in performance rating	674	676
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$369
Price now		$94.99
Value for money (0-100)		48.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	880 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops	2,703.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	1536
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s	84.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	2,640 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		550 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro
CrossFire