AMD Radeon Pro W5700X vs AMD FireStream 9170

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5700X 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro W5700X

AMD FireStream 9170

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X

Around 55% higher core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 800 MHz
21710.9x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 2560 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB
8.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1060 vs 493
27.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17591 vs 647

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1243 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060 vs 493
PassMark - G3D Mark	17591 vs 647

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9170

Around 95% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 205 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5700X
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9170

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1060

493

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17591

647

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5700X	AMD FireStream 9170
Geekbench - OpenCL	43810
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16573
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3364
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3364
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060	493
PassMark - G3D Mark	17591	647

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5700X	AMD FireStream 9170
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Navi 10	RV670
Launch date	Q3'2020	8 November 2007
Place in performance rating	146	289
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz
Compute units	40
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	55 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.5 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	320
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	12.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	666 million
Floating-point performance		512.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x Thunderbolt 3, 1x HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	12 inches (305 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3