AMD FirePro W7170M
VS
AMD Radeon 540X
AMD FirePro W7170M
VS
AMD Radeon 540X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD FirePro W7170M and AMD Radeon 540X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

313
Place in performance rating
558
GCN 3
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Amethyst
Code name
Lexa
Mobile workstation
Type
Laptop
2 October 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
$600
Price now
$421
5.79
Value for money
3.25
Tonga
GPU code name
Lexa
Mobile workstation
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD FirePro W7170M and AMD Radeon 540X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
512
723 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
no data
Boost Clock
1046 MHz
5,000 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
92.54
Texture fill rate
33.47
2,961 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
no data
Boost clock speed
1219 MHz
5,000 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD FirePro W7170M and AMD Radeon 540X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD FirePro W7170M and AMD Radeon 540X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
160.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD FirePro W7170M and AMD Radeon 540X, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
Eyefinity
no data
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD FirePro W7170M and AMD Radeon 540X is the additional functionality.

+
AppAcceleration
no data
+
Enduro
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD FirePro W7170M and AMD Radeon 540X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
+
6.3
Shader Model
no data
2.0
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD FirePro W7170M and AMD Radeon 540X 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 AMD Radeon 540X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD FirePro W7170M
AMD Radeon 540X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD FirePro W7170M
AMD Radeon 540X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD FirePro W7170M
AMD Radeon 540X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD FirePro W7170M
AMD Radeon 540X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD FirePro W7170M
AMD Radeon 540X 41.1
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD FirePro W7170M

9.76% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 512)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (160.0 GB/s vs 112.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 540X

Cheaper ($421 vs $600)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 100 Watt)

So, AMD FirePro W7170M or AMD Radeon 540X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD FirePro W7170M .

AMD FirePro W7170M versus AMD Radeon 540X performance benchmarks comparison

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