AMD FirePro W5170M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5170M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 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 Mobility Radeon HD 3470

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 32% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 680 MHz
13.6x more texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 2.72 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 640 vs 40
21.8x better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 54.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
5.6x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 800 MHz
18.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1749 vs 93
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 250

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 August 2014 vs 7 January 2008
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 680 MHz
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s vs 2.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 40
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops vs 54.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1749 vs 93
PassMark - G2D Mark	371 vs 250

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5170M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1749

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

250

Name	AMD FirePro W5170M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470
PassMark - G3D Mark	1749	93
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	250
Geekbench - OpenCL	8330
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 Mobility Radeon HD 3470
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tropo	M82
Launch date	25 August 2014	7 January 2008
Place in performance rating	674	677
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	680 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops	54.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	40
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s	2.72 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	181 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		12 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-II
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2 / GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro