AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) vs AMD FirePro W5170M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

AMD FirePro W5170M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 925 MHz
5215.1x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 37 GTexel / s
3.6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 4500 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 25 August 2014
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 37 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 4500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M

191x better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5170M

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)	AMD FirePro W5170M
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3510
PassMark - G3D Mark		1808
PassMark - G2D Mark		362
Geekbench - OpenCL		8123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3189
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)	AMD FirePro W5170M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 20	Tropo
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	25 August 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$301.69
Place in performance rating	679	680
Price now	$169.99
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	62.57
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz	925 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	6.2 TFLOPs	1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	640
Pixel fill rate	42.88 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s	37 GTexel / s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	large	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
Enduro