AMD FirePro W7170M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7170M and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 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 9800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.1x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
16x more pipelines: 2048 vs 128
6.9x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 140 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3162 vs 769
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 418 vs 366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 October 2015 vs 28 March 2008
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 128
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3162 vs 769
PassMark - G2D Mark	418 vs 366

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

2.3x more core clock speed: 1688 MHz vs 723 MHz

Core clock speed	1688 MHz vs 723 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3162

769

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

418

366

Name	AMD FirePro W7170M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	3162	769
PassMark - G2D Mark	418	366
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 9800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla
Code name	Amethyst	G92
Launch date	2 October 2015	28 March 2008
Place in performance rating	420	405
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	1688 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2048	128
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	43.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI