NVIDIA Quadro M1000M vs AMD FirePro W5170M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M1000M and AMD FirePro W5170M 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 Quadro M1000M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2835 vs 1814
  • Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8849 vs 8322
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4196 vs 3409
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3189
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4196 vs 3409
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3189
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 August 2015 vs 25 August 2014
Core clock speed 993 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1072 MHz vs 925 MHz
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2835 vs 1814
Geekbench - OpenCL 8849 vs 8322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4196 vs 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4196 vs 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M

  • Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 31.78 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
  • Around 16% better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 1,017 gflops
  • 1024x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2 GB / 4 GB
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 353 vs 307
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 37 GTexel / s vs 31.78 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops vs 1,017 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 2 GB / 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 353 vs 307

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M1000M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5170M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2835
1814
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
307
353
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8849
8322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4196
3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4196
3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3355
Name NVIDIA Quadro M1000M AMD FirePro W5170M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2835 1814
PassMark - G2D Mark 307 353
Geekbench - OpenCL 8849 8322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 38.33
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 721.18
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 137.786
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4196 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4196 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1002

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M1000M AMD FirePro W5170M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM107 Tropo
Launch date 18 August 2015 25 August 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $200.89
Place in performance rating 806 680
Price now $203.37
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100) 16.10

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1072 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 993 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,017 gflops 1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 640
Texture fill rate 31.78 GTexel / s 37 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Display Port 1.2

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Shader Model 5.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB / 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro