NVIDIA GeForce 845M vs AMD FirePro W4170M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 845M and AMD FirePro W4170M 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 - 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 845M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1071 MHz vs 825 MHz
  • Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 27.62 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 28% better floating-point performance: 883.7 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1524 vs 1045
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 213 vs 211
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3287 vs 2802
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2689
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3287 vs 2802
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2689
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 August 2015 vs 28 April 2014
Core clock speed 1071 MHz vs 825 MHz
Boost clock speed 1176 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate 27.62 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 883.7 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1524 vs 1045
PassMark - G2D Mark 213 vs 211
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3287 vs 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 2689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3287 vs 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 2689

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4170M

  • Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6460 vs 6112
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 6460 vs 6112

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 845M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W4170M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1524
1045
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
213
211
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6112
6460
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3287
2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3287
2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2689
Name NVIDIA GeForce 845M AMD FirePro W4170M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1524 1045
PassMark - G2D Mark 213 211
Geekbench - OpenCL 6112 6460
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 22.387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 76.073
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3287 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 2689
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3287 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 2689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.502

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 845M AMD FirePro W4170M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Mars
Launch date 26 August 2015 28 April 2014
Place in performance rating 1042 1043
Type Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1176 MHz 900 MHz
Core clock speed 1071 MHz 825 MHz
Floating-point performance 883.7 gflops 691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 27.62 GTexel / s 21.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 / GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus
AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay