AMD Radeon R9 Nano vs AMD FireStream 9170

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 Nano 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 Nano

AMD FireStream 9170

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 Nano

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
20x more texture fill rate: 256.0 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
12.8x more pipelines: 4096 vs 320
16x better floating-point performance: 8,192 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	27 August 2015 vs 8 November 2007
Texture fill rate	256.0 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 320
Floating-point performance	8,192 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9170

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 175 Watt
3.2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 500 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 175 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 Nano
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9170

Name	AMD Radeon R9 Nano	AMD FireStream 9170
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4608
PassMark - G2D Mark		493
PassMark - G3D Mark		647

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 Nano	AMD FireStream 9170
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale
Code name	Fiji	RV670
Design	AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series
Launch date	27 August 2015	8 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	491	289
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Compute units	64
Floating-point performance	8,192 gflops	512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	4096	320
Stream Processors	4096
Texture fill rate	256.0 GTexel / s	12.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	8,900 million	666 million
Core clock speed		800 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	4096 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore