NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs AMD FirePro W7170M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super and AMD FirePro W7170M 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

AMD FirePro W7170M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 723 MHz
Around 6% higher pipelines: 2176 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16573 vs 3162
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 859 vs 418
Around 71% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 87035 vs 50809
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20969 vs 6796
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5567 vs 3722
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5026 vs 3362
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20969 vs 6796
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5567 vs 3722
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5026 vs 3362

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2019 vs 2 October 2015
Core clock speed	1470 MHz vs 723 MHz
Pipelines	2176 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	16573 vs 3162
PassMark - G2D Mark	859 vs 418
Geekbench - OpenCL	87035 vs 50809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20969 vs 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5567 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5026 vs 3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20969 vs 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5567 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5026 vs 3362

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 175 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 175 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7170M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16573

3162

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

859

418

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

87035

50809

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20969

6796

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5567

3722

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5026

3362

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20969

6796

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5567

3722

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5026

3362

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super	AMD FirePro W7170M
PassMark - G3D Mark	16573	3162
PassMark - G2D Mark	859	418
Geekbench - OpenCL	87035	50809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	246.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3885.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	27.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	165.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1271.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20969	6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5567	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5026	3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20969	6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5567	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5026	3362
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super	AMD FirePro W7170M
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 3.0
Code name	TU106	Amethyst
Launch date	2 July 2019	2 October 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	145	420
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	723 MHz
CUDA cores	2176
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	89 C
Pipelines	2176	2048
Render output units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	10.8 B	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		2,961 gflops
Texture fill rate		92.54 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Port	1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.435” (112.6mm)
Length	9.0” (228.60mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8 pin	None
Width	2-Slot
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro