AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 vs AMD FireStream 9170

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 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, 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 WX 7100

AMD FireStream 9170

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1188 MHz vs 800 MHz
14x more texture fill rate: 179.0 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
7.2x more pipelines: 2304 vs 320
11.2x better floating-point performance: 5,728 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
4.4x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
12.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7885 vs 647
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 812 vs 493

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 November 2016 vs 8 November 2007
Core clock speed	1188 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	179.0 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 320
Floating-point performance	5,728 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7885 vs 647
PassMark - G2D Mark	812 vs 493

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9170

Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9170

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7885

647

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

812

493

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100	AMD FireStream 9170
PassMark - G3D Mark	7885	647
PassMark - G2D Mark	812	493
Geekbench - OpenCL	38420
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	115.834
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1987.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.152
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	105.263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	597.677
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100	AMD FireStream 9170
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Ellesmere	RV670
Launch date	10 November 2016	8 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$799
Place in performance rating	310	289
Price now	$539.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	19.25
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1243 MHz
Core clock speed	1188 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,728 gflops	512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2304	320
Texture fill rate	179.0 GTexel / s	12.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	224.0 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0