AMD FirePro W7170M vs NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7170M and NVIDIA Quadro 5000M 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 Quadro 5000M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 79% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 405 MHz
5.7x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 16.2 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 320
5.7x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.3x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1792 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2400 MHz
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3162 vs 2060
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 50809 vs 23008

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 October 2015 vs 27 July 2010
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 405 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 16.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1792 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 2400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3162 vs 2060
Geekbench - OpenCL	50809 vs 23008

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 426 vs 418
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5249 vs 3722
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5249 vs 3722
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7205 vs 3362
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7205 vs 3362

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	426 vs 418
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5249 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5249 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7205 vs 3362
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7205 vs 3362

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3162

2060

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

418

426

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

50809

23008

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3722

5249

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3722

5249

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3362

7205

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3362

7205

Name	AMD FirePro W7170M	NVIDIA Quadro 5000M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3162	2060
PassMark - G2D Mark	418	426
Geekbench - OpenCL	50809	23008
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722	5249
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722	5249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362	7205
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362	7205

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W7170M	NVIDIA Quadro 5000M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Fermi
Code name	Amethyst	GF100
Launch date	2 October 2015	27 July 2010
Place in performance rating	431	429
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	405 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2048	320
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	16.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	3,100 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	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1792 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	2400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
ECC (Error Correcting Code)