NVIDIA GeForce MX130 vs AMD FirePro W4170M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX130 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 - 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 NVIDIA GeForce MX130

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1122 MHz vs 825 MHz
  • Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 29.81 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 38% better floating-point performance: 953.9 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1814 vs 1056
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 31.613 vs 15.502
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3686 vs 2802
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 2689
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3686 vs 2802
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 2689
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 November 2017 vs 28 April 2014
Core clock speed 1122 MHz vs 825 MHz
Boost clock speed 1242 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate 29.81 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1814 vs 1056
Geekbench - OpenCL 6461 vs 6460
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.613 vs 15.502
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3686 vs 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 2689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3686 vs 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 2689

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4170M

  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 211 vs 195
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 211 vs 195

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX130
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W4170M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1814
1056
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
195
211
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6461
6460
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31.613
15.502
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3686
2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
2689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3686
2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
2689
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX130 AMD FirePro W4170M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1814 1056
PassMark - G2D Mark 195 211
Geekbench - OpenCL 6461 6460
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.613 15.502
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 406.203
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 107.608
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3686 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 2689
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3686 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 2689
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 632

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX130 AMD FirePro W4170M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Mars
Launch date 17 November 2017 28 April 2014
Place in performance rating 1013 1016
Type Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1242 MHz 900 MHz
Core clock speed 1122 MHz 825 MHz
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops 691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 29.81 GTexel / s 21.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None 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 40.1 GB / s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 / DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus
AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay