NVIDIA GeForce 920MX vs AMD FirePro W4170M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920MX 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, 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 965 MHz vs 825 MHz
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 993 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1081 vs 1045
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 2802
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2689
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 2802
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2689
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 March 2016 vs 28 April 2014
Core clock speed 965 MHz vs 825 MHz
Boost clock speed 993 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.22 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1081 vs 1045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3691 vs 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 2689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3691 vs 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 2689

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4170M

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 384 vs 256
  • Around 15% better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 602.1 gflops
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 211 vs 150
  • Around 64% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6460 vs 3944
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 384 vs 256
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops vs 602.1 gflops
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 211 vs 150
Geekbench - OpenCL 6460 vs 3944

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W4170M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1081
1045
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
150
211
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3944
6460
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3691
2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3691
2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2689
Name NVIDIA GeForce 920MX AMD FirePro W4170M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1081 1045
PassMark - G2D Mark 150 211
Geekbench - OpenCL 3944 6460
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3691 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 2689
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3691 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 2689
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.502

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 920MX AMD FirePro W4170M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Mars
Launch date 25 March 2016 28 April 2014
Place in performance rating 1040 1043
Type Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 993 MHz 900 MHz
Core clock speed 965 MHz 825 MHz
Floating-point performance 602.1 gflops 691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 256 384
Texture fill rate 28.22 GTexel / s 21.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 16 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size medium sized

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers
AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay