AMD Radeon Pro 580 vs AMD FireStream 9170

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580 and AMD FireStream 9170 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 580

AMD FireStream 9170

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
15.1x more texture fill rate: 193.0 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
7.2x more pipelines: 2304 vs 320
12.1x better floating-point performance: 6,175 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 6780 MHz vs 1600 MHz
12x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7753 vs 647
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 943 vs 493

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 June 2017 vs 8 November 2007
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	193.0 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 320
Floating-point performance	6,175 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7753 vs 647
PassMark - G2D Mark	943 vs 493

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9170

Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9170

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7753

647

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

943

493

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580	AMD FireStream 9170
PassMark - G3D Mark	7753	647
PassMark - G2D Mark	943	493
Geekbench - OpenCL	40265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	109.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1206.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580	AMD FireStream 9170
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Polaris 20	RV670
Launch date	5 June 2017	8 November 2007
Place in performance rating	319	321
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,175 gflops	512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2304	320
Texture fill rate	193.0 GTexel / s	12.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3