AMD FirePro W7170M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
AMD FirePro W7170M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD FirePro W7170M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M.

313
Place in performance rating
348
GCN 3
Architecture
Kepler
Amethyst
Code name
GK104
Mobile workstation
Type
Laptop
2 October 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
$600
Price now
$403
5.79
Value for money
2.59
Tonga
GPU code name
N15P-GT
Mobile workstation
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD FirePro W7170M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

2048
Pipelines
1344
723 MHz
Core clock speed
941 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
967 MHz
5,000 million
Transistor count
3,540 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
92.54
Texture fill rate
108.3
2,961 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,599 gflops
no data
CUDA cores
1344
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1344
no data
Boost clock speed
967 MHz
5,000 million
Number of transistors
3,540 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD FirePro W7170M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
no data
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD FirePro W7170M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
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160.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
120.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-
no data
Standard memory configuration
GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD FirePro W7170M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
Eyefinity
no data
no data
HDMI
+
no data
VGA аnalog display support
Up to 2048x1536
no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
Up to 3840x2160
no data
eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 3840x2160
no data
LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
no data
HDCP content protection
+
no data
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
+
no data
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

no data
GPU Boost
+
no data
CUDA
+
no data
GeForce Experience
+
no data
Optimus
+
no data
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
+
AppAcceleration
no data
no data
BatteryBoost
+
no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
+
Enduro
no data
no data
FXAA
+
no data
TXAA
+
no data
3D Blu-Ray
+
no data
Direct Compute
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD FirePro W7170M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.1.126
6.3
Shader Model
5.1
2.0
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD FirePro W7170M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD FirePro W7170M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD FirePro W7170M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD FirePro W7170M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD FirePro W7170M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD FirePro W7170M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD FirePro W7170M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD FirePro W7170M

More pipelines (2048 vs 1344)

More memory bandwidth (160.0 GB/s vs 120.0 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

0.12% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($403 vs $600)

More maximum RAM amount (6 GB vs 4 GB)

So, AMD FirePro W7170M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M .

AMD FirePro W7170M versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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Unigine Heaven 3.0

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User rating

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