NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 vs AMD FirePro W7170M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 95% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 723 MHz
  • Around 13% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2048
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
  • 5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16169 vs 3162
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 824 vs 418
  • Around 73% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88130 vs 50809
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22615 vs 6796
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22615 vs 6796
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 October 2018 vs 2 October 2015
Core clock speed 1410 MHz vs 723 MHz
Pipelines 2304 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16169 vs 3162
PassMark - G2D Mark 824 vs 418
Geekbench - OpenCL 88130 vs 50809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22615 vs 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22615 vs 6796

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

  • Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 175 Watt
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 175 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3722 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3362 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3722 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3362 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7170M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16169
3162
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
824
418
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
88130
50809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22615
6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22615
6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3362
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 AMD FirePro W7170M
PassMark - G3D Mark 16169 3162
PassMark - G2D Mark 824 418
Geekbench - OpenCL 88130 50809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 252.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3729.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 154.621
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1303.435
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22615 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22615 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 3362
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8875

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 AMD FirePro W7170M

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 3.0
Code name TU106 Amethyst
Launch date 17 October 2018 2 October 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Place in performance rating 140 420
Price now $499.99
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100) 42.76

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1620 MHz
Core clock speed 1410 MHz 723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2304 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 10,800 million 5,000 million
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops
Texture fill rate 92.54 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro