AMD FirePro W5170M vs ATI FireGL V5100

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5170M and ATI FireGL V5100 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).

AMD FirePro W5170M

ATI FireGL V5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 450 MHz
6.9x more texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
6.4x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 700 MHz
19.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1808 vs 93
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 362 vs 250

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 August 2014 vs 1 May 2004
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1808 vs 93
PassMark - G2D Mark	362 vs 250

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5170M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1808

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

362

250

Name	AMD FirePro W5170M	ATI FireGL V5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	1808	93
PassMark - G2D Mark	362	250
Geekbench - OpenCL	8261
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3189
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W5170M	ATI FireGL V5100
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R400
Code name	Tropo	R423
Launch date	25 August 2014	1 May 2004
Place in performance rating	680	677
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		211 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro