AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 vs AMD FirePro W7170M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 and AMD FirePro W7170M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 72% higher core clock speed: 1247 MHz vs 723 MHz
  • 4277.1x more texture fill rate: 395.80 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 8192 vs 2048
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14393 vs 3162
  • Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 800 vs 418
  • 4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 204168 vs 50809
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14744 vs 6796
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14744 vs 6796
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 August 2017 vs 2 October 2015
Core clock speed 1247 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate 395.80 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines 8192 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 14393 vs 3162
PassMark - G2D Mark 800 vs 418
Geekbench - OpenCL 204168 vs 50809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14744 vs 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14744 vs 6796

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

  • 233.1x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 295 Watt
  • 2.6x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 295 Watt
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3722 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3362 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3722 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3362 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7170M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
14393
3162
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
800
418
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
204168
50809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14744
6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14744
6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3362
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 AMD FirePro W7170M
PassMark - G3D Mark 14393 3162
PassMark - G2D Mark 800 418
Geekbench - OpenCL 204168 50809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2129.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 129.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1328.033
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14744 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14744 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3362
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7522

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 AMD FirePro W7170M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Vega 10 Amethyst
Design Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch date 7 August 2017 2 October 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Place in performance rating 170 420
Price now $449.99
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100) 41.07

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1546 MHz
Compute units 64
Core clock speed 1247 MHz 723 MHz
Floating-point performance 12.7 TFLOPs 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 840 GFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 26.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.4 TFLOPs
Pipelines 8192 2048
Pixel fill rate 98.90 GP/s
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 4096
Texture fill rate 395.80 GTexel/s 92.54 GTexel / s
Texture Units 256
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 295 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 279 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 483.8 GB/s 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore
AppAcceleration
Enduro