AMD FirePro W7170M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7170M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra 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

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 612 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 39.2 billion / sec
16x more pipelines: 2048 vs 128
7.6x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 171 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.6x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1080 MHz
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3162 vs 643
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 418 vs 252

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 October 2015 vs 2 May 2007
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 612 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 39.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 128
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 171 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3162 vs 643
PassMark - G2D Mark	418 vs 252

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3162

643

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

418

252

Name	AMD FirePro W7170M	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	3162	643
PassMark - G2D Mark	418	252
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W7170M	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla
Code name	Amethyst	G80
Launch date	2 October 2015	2 May 2007
Place in performance rating	420	615
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$829
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	612 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048	128
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	39.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	681 million
CUDA cores		612
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		270 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	103.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro
SLI