NVIDIA GeForce MX350 vs AMD FirePro W5170M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX350 and AMD FirePro W5170M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX350

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 59% higher boost clock speed: 1468 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • 1269.7x more texture fill rate: 46.98 GTexel/s vs 37 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2803 vs 1819
  • Around 63% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13534 vs 8303
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4655 vs 3409
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3189
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4655 vs 3409
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3189
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 25 August 2014
Core clock speed 1354 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1468 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 46.98 GTexel/s vs 37 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2803 vs 1819
Geekbench - OpenCL 13534 vs 8303
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4655 vs 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4655 vs 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M

  • 2.6x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective)
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 355 vs 236
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 355 vs 236

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX350
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5170M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2803
1819
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
236
355
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
13534
8303
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4655
3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4655
3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3355
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX350 AMD FirePro W5170M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2803 1819
PassMark - G2D Mark 236 355
Geekbench - OpenCL 13534 8303
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4655 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4655 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1247

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX350 AMD FirePro W5170M

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP107 Tropo
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 25 August 2014
Place in performance rating 668 695
Type Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1468 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 1354 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 58.72 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 29.36 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 1.879 TFLOPS
Pipelines 640 640
Pixel fill rate 23.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 46.98 GTexel/s 37 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt
Transistor count 3300 million 1,500 million
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 56.06 GB/s 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective) 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro