AMD FirePro W5170M vs AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5170M and AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 6% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 850 MHz
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 25 August 2014 vs 8 January 2013 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz vs 850 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3355 vs 3348 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3355 vs 3348 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
- 2.8x more texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
- 2.8x more pipelines: 1792 vs 640
- 2.8x better floating-point performance: 3,315 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4500 MHz
- Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2817 vs 1814
- Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 374 vs 353
- Around 65% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13719 vs 8322
- Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4396 vs 3409
- Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4396 vs 3409
- Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 3189
- Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 3189
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 103.6 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1792 vs 640 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,315 gflops vs 1,184 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 4500 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2817 vs 1814 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 374 vs 353 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 13719 vs 8322 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4396 vs 3409 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4396 vs 3409 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3705 vs 3189 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3705 vs 3189 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5170M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
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| Name | AMD FirePro W5170M | AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1814 | 2817 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 353 | 374 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 8322 | 13719 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3409 | 4396 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3409 | 4396 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3189 | 3705 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3189 | 3705 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3355 | 3348 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3355 | 3348 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 40.311 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 795.334 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.328 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.205 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 181.508 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD FirePro W5170M | AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM | |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Tropo | Tahiti |
| Launch date | 25 August 2014 | 8 January 2013 |
| Place in performance rating | 680 | 682 |
| Type | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
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| Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,184 gflops | 3,315 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 640 | 1792 |
| Texture fill rate | 37 GTexel / s | 103.6 GTexel / s |
| Transistor count | 1,500 million | 4,313 million |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 6-pin |
| Length | 267 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 12.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB / s | 240.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4500 MHz | 5000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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