AMD FirePro W6170M vs NVIDIA Quadro K200M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W6170M and NVIDIA Quadro K200M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD FirePro W6170M

NVIDIA Quadro K200M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W6170M

Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 850 MHz
3.8x more texture fill rate: 51.6 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 768 vs 192
5.1x better floating-point performance: 1,651 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Core clock speed	1075 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.6 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 192
Floating-point performance	1,651 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W6170M	NVIDIA Quadro K200M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Kepler
Code name	Saturn	GK107
Launch date	25 August 2014	22 August 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1075 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,651 gflops	326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	192
Texture fill rate	51.6 GTexel / s	13.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	1,270 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		35 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	88 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3