NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 vs AMD FirePro W7170M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 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 2080

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 723 MHz
  • Around 44% higher pipelines: 2944 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
  • 6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18818 vs 3162
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 912 vs 418
  • 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102127 vs 50809
  • 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25500 vs 6796
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6966 vs 3722
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6293 vs 3362
  • 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25500 vs 6796
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6966 vs 3722
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6293 vs 3362
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 September 2018 vs 2 October 2015
Core clock speed 1515 MHz vs 723 MHz
Pipelines 2944 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 18818 vs 3162
PassMark - G2D Mark 912 vs 418
Geekbench - OpenCL 102127 vs 50809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25500 vs 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6966 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6293 vs 3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25500 vs 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6966 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6293 vs 3362

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 215 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 215 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7170M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
18818
3162
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
912
418
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
102127
50809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25500
6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6966
3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6293
3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25500
6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6966
3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6293
3362
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 AMD FirePro W7170M
PassMark - G3D Mark 18818 3162
PassMark - G2D Mark 912 418
Geekbench - OpenCL 102127 50809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25500 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6966 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6293 3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25500 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6966 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6293 3362
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10973

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 AMD FirePro W7170M

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 3.0
Code name TU104 Amethyst
Launch date 20 September 2018 2 October 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Place in performance rating 98 419
Price now $749.99
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100) 32.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1710 MHz
Core clock speed 1515 MHz 723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2944 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 215 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 13,600 million 5,000 million
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops
Texture fill rate 92.54 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 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