AMD Radeon R7 360 vs AMD FirePro W5170M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 360 and AMD FirePro W5170M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 360

AMD FirePro W5170M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 360

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
Around 36% better floating-point performance: 1,613 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3140 vs 1814
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 515 vs 353
Around 95% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16200 vs 8322
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4799 vs 3409
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4147 vs 3189
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4799 vs 3409
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4147 vs 3189

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 25 August 2014
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 640
Floating-point performance	1,613 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3140 vs 1814
PassMark - G2D Mark	515 vs 353
Geekbench - OpenCL	16200 vs 8322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4799 vs 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4147 vs 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4799 vs 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4147 vs 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M

4.3x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 360
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5170M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3140

1814

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

515

353

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

16200

8322

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4799

3409

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4147

3189

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4799

3409

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4147

3189

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3355

Name	AMD Radeon R7 360	AMD FirePro W5170M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3140	1814
PassMark - G2D Mark	515	353
Geekbench - OpenCL	16200	8322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	38.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	819.203
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	58.285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	188.858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4799	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4147	3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4799	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4147	3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1402

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 360	AMD FirePro W5170M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tobago	Tropo
Design	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	25 August 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	601	680
Price now	$146.65
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	29.24
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,613 gflops	1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	640
Stream Processors	768
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s	37 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	1,500 million
Core clock speed		900 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
AppAcceleration
Enduro