AMD FirePro W7170M vs AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7170M and AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition 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).

AMD FirePro W7170M

AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 14% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1792
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 50809 vs 23587

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 October 2015 vs 5 May 2015
Pipelines	2048 vs 1792
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	50809 vs 23587

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 834 MHz vs 723 MHz
Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 93.41 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Around 1% better floating-point performance: 2,989 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 5460 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5024 vs 3162
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 745 vs 418

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	834 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	93.41 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	2,989 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Memory clock speed	5460 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5024 vs 3162
PassMark - G2D Mark	745 vs 418

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7170M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3162

5024

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

418

745

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

50809

23587

Name	AMD FirePro W7170M	AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	3162	5024
PassMark - G2D Mark	418	745
Geekbench - OpenCL	50809	23587
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		56.272
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		778.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		65.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		336.811

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W7170M	AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Amethyst	Grenada
Launch date	2 October 2015	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	420	422
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	834 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	2,989 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1792
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	93.41 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	174.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	5460 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro
DualGraphics
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore