AMD FirePro W5170M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5170M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 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 Quadro FX 1000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
15.4x more texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 2.4 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
7.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 600 MHz
53.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1814 vs 34
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 353 vs 266

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 August 2014 vs 21 January 2003
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1814 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	353 vs 266

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1814

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

353

266

Name	AMD FirePro W5170M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
PassMark - G3D Mark	1814	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	353	266
Geekbench - OpenCL	8322
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 Quadro FX 1000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Tropo	NV30
Launch date	25 August 2014	21 January 2003
Place in performance rating	680	677
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	125 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro