AMD FirePro W7170M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7170M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 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 FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 650 MHz
5.9x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1010 MHz
13.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3162 vs 242
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 418 vs 394

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 October 2015 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1010 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3162 vs 242
PassMark - G2D Mark	418 vs 394

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 96 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3162

242

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

418

394

Name	AMD FirePro W7170M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500
PassMark - G3D Mark	3162	242
PassMark - G2D Mark	418	394
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 Quadro FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Curie
Code name	Amethyst	G71
Launch date	2 October 2015	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	431	430
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,999
Price now		$1,840.60
Value for money (0-100)		0.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	278 million
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	1x 6-pin
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	32.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1010 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro