AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile vs ATI FirePro V8700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile and ATI FirePro V8700 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile

ATI FirePro V8700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1002 MHz vs 750 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 67.39 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Around 28% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 800
Around 80% better floating-point performance: 2,157 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 151 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 3400 MHz

Launch date	1 March 2017 vs 11 September 2008
Core clock speed	1002 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	67.39 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 800
Floating-point performance	2,157 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 151 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 3400 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8700

Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 527 vs 427
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1539 vs 1409

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	527 vs 427
PassMark - G3D Mark	1539 vs 1409

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8700

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

427

527

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1409

1539

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile	ATI FirePro V8700
PassMark - G2D Mark	427	527
PassMark - G3D Mark	1409	1539
Geekbench - OpenCL	20842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		152.6

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile	ATI FirePro V8700
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Baffin	RV770
Launch date	1 March 2017	11 September 2008
Place in performance rating	432	430
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1053 MHz
Core clock speed	1002 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,157 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1024	800
Texture fill rate	67.39 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	151 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB / s	108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	3400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5