AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU vs AMD FirePro W7170M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU and AMD FirePro W7170M 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 94% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 723 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4979 vs 3162
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 June 2017 vs 2 October 2015
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4979 vs 3162

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 2.9x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1704 MHz
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 418 vs 371
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 50809 vs 22636
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6796 vs 1715
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3722 vs 1177
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3362 vs 1724
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6796 vs 1715
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3722 vs 1177
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3362 vs 1724
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1704 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 418 vs 371
Geekbench - OpenCL 50809 vs 22636
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6796 vs 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3722 vs 1177
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3362 vs 1724
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6796 vs 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3722 vs 1177
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3362 vs 1724

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7170M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4979
3162
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
371
418
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
22636
50809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1715
6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1177
3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1724
3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1715
6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1177
3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1724
3362
Name AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU AMD FirePro W7170M
PassMark - G3D Mark 4979 3162
PassMark - G2D Mark 371 418
Geekbench - OpenCL 22636 50809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 102.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1762.559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 86.313
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 617.099
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1715 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1177 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1724 3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1715 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1177 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1724 3362

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU AMD FirePro W7170M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Vega 10 Amethyst
Launch date 27 June 2017 2 October 2015
Place in performance rating 682 420
Type Desktop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1500 MHz
Core clock speed 1400 MHz 723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 5,000 million
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops
Pipelines 2048
Texture fill rate 92.54 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Memory clock speed 1704 MHz 5000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro