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).

NVIDIA GeForce 845M

AMD FirePro W4170M

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 1041
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 1041
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

1041

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	1041
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	1041	1042
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