AMD Radeon Pro 455 vs AMD FirePro W5170M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 455 and AMD FirePro W5170M 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).

AMD Radeon Pro 455

AMD FirePro W5170M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 455

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 41.04 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
Around 11% better floating-point performance: 1,313 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3113 vs 1802
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 705 vs 358
Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11003 vs 8303
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4146 vs 3409
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4146 vs 3409

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 October 2016 vs 25 August 2014
Texture fill rate	41.04 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 640
Floating-point performance	1,313 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3113 vs 1802
PassMark - G2D Mark	705 vs 358
Geekbench - OpenCL	11003 vs 8303
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4146 vs 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4146 vs 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 855 MHz
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3189 vs 1762
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3189 vs 1762

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 855 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3189 vs 1762
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3189 vs 1762

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 455
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5170M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3113

1802

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

705

358

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11003

8303

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4146

3409

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1762

3189

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4146

3409

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1762

3189

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3355

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 455	AMD FirePro W5170M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3113	1802
PassMark - G2D Mark	705	358
Geekbench - OpenCL	11003	8303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	33.484
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	573.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.793
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	148.673
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4146	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1762	3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4146	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1762	3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 455	AMD FirePro W5170M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Baffin	Tropo
Launch date	30 October 2016	25 August 2014
Place in performance rating	683	685
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	855 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,313 gflops	1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	640
Texture fill rate	41.04 GTexel / s	37 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	1,500 million
Boost clock speed		925 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	81.28 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro