AMD FirePro W5170M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5170M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 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) 10 month(s) later
- Around 25% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 720 MHz
- Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 2500 MHz
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3336
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3336
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 25 August 2014 vs 23 October 2012 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz vs 720 MHz |
| Memory clock speed | 4500 MHz vs 2500 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3355 vs 3336 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3355 vs 3336 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
- 2.5x more texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 37 GTexel / s
- 2.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 640
- Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3593 vs 1819
- Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 440 vs 355
- Around 47% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12245 vs 8322
- Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5683 vs 3409
- Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5683 vs 3409
- Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3571 vs 3189
- Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3571 vs 3189
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 92.2 billion / sec vs 37 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1536 vs 640 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3593 vs 1819 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 440 vs 355 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 12245 vs 8322 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5683 vs 3409 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5683 vs 3409 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3571 vs 3189 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3571 vs 3189 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
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| Name | AMD FirePro W5170M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1819 | 3593 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 355 | 440 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 8322 | 12245 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3409 | 5683 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3409 | 5683 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3189 | 3571 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3189 | 3571 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3355 | 3336 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3355 | 3336 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 25.421 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 734.936 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.31 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.434 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 56.706 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD FirePro W5170M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX | |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Kepler |
| Code name | Tropo | |
| Launch date | 25 August 2014 | 23 October 2012 |
| Place in performance rating | 696 | 699 |
| Type | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
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| Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 720 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,184 gflops | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 640 | 1536 |
| Texture fill rate | 37 GTexel / s | 92.2 billion / sec |
| Transistor count | 1,500 million | 3540 Million |
| CUDA cores | 1536 | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 122 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | |
| Laptop size | large | large |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| SLI options | 2-way | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 12 API |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB / s | 160 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4500 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| Enduro | ||
| 3D Vision | ||
| 3D Vision / 3DTV Play | ||
| Adaptive VSync | ||
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| DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
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