AMD FirePro W5170M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5170M and NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 630 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
53.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1767 vs 33
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 254

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 August 2014 vs 16 November 2007
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 630 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1767 vs 33
PassMark - G2D Mark	371 vs 254

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1767

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

254

Name	AMD FirePro W5170M	NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i
PassMark - G3D Mark	1767	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	254
Geekbench - OpenCL	9198
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	NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Tropo	C73
Launch date	25 August 2014	16 November 2007
Place in performance rating	672	675
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	630 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCI
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro