AMD Radeon E9173 PCIe vs AMD Radeon E9174 MXM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E9173 PCIe and AMD Radeon E9174 MXM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon E9173 PCIe

AMD Radeon E9174 MXM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E9173 PCIe

Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E9174 MXM

2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E9173 PCIe	AMD Radeon E9174 MXM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Lexa	Lexa
Launch date	3 October 2017	3 October 2017
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	1219 MHz
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	1124 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,248 gflops	1,248 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	512	512
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel / s	39.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	2,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB / s	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5