AMD Radeon Pro W6800X vs AMD FirePro W7170M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6800X 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro W6800X

AMD FirePro W7170M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6800X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 723 MHz
5381.5x more texture fill rate: 498.0 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Around 88% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 4 GB
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 123773 vs 50809

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 2 October 2015
Core clock speed	1800 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	498.0 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3840 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3723 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3723 vs 3722
Geekbench - OpenCL	123773 vs 50809

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

4x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 400 Watt
2.5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 400 Watt
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362 vs 3360

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6800X
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7170M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3723

3722

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3723

3722

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3362

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3362

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

123773

50809

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6800X	AMD FirePro W7170M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3723	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3723	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3362
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3362
Geekbench - OpenCL	123773	50809
PassMark - G3D Mark		3162
PassMark - G2D Mark		418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6796

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6800X	AMD FirePro W7170M
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Navi 21	Amethyst
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	2 October 2015
Place in performance rating	428	431
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2075 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	1800 MHz	723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	996.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.87 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	15.94 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	2048
Pixel fill rate	199.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	498.0 GTexel/s	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		2,961 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 4x Thunderbolt	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	800 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	Quad-slot
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro