AMD FirePro W5170M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5170M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 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).

AMD FirePro W5170M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 625 MHz
3.7x more texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
13.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 48
9.1x better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 130.56 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
6.8x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 666 MHz
7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1767 vs 251
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 August 2014 vs 3 September 2010
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 48
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops vs 130.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1767 vs 251
PassMark - G2D Mark	371 vs 249

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1767

251

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

249

Name	AMD FirePro W5170M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1767	251
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	249
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 GT 415 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Tropo	GT216
Launch date	25 August 2014	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	672	669
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops	130.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	48
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	486 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		32 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	10.66 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro