AMD FirePro W7170M vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7170M and ATI FireGL V8650 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 W7170M

ATI FireGL V8650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 688 MHz
8.4x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 320
6.7x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3162 vs 550

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 October 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3162 vs 550
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 418

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 418

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7170M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3162

550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

418

637

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3362

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3362

3357

Name	AMD FirePro W7170M	ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G3D Mark	3162	550
PassMark - G2D Mark	418	637
Geekbench - OpenCL	50809
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	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W7170M	ATI FireGL V8650
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale
Code name	Amethyst	R600
Launch date	2 October 2015	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	420	406
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,799
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2048	320
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		254 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro