AMD Radeon RX 550X
VS
AMD FirePro W7170M
AMD Radeon RX 550X
VS
AMD FirePro W7170M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD FirePro W7170M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

443
Place in performance rating
313
GCN 4.0
Architecture
GCN 3
Lexa
Code name
Amethyst
Desktop
Type
Mobile workstation
16 December 2018 (2 years ago)
Release date
2 October 2015 (6 years ago)
$259
Price now
$600
10.29
Value for money
5.79
Lexa
GPU code name
Tonga
Desktop
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD FirePro W7170M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

512
Pipelines
2048
1100 MHz
Core clock speed
723 MHz
1183 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,200 million
Transistor count
5,000 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
37.86
Texture fill rate
92.54
1,211 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,961 gflops
512
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1183 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,200 million
Number of transistors
5,000 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD FirePro W7170M.

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

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 Radeon RX 550X and AMD FirePro W7170M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
96 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
160.0 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD FirePro W7170M, the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD FirePro W7170M is the additional functionality.

no data
AppAcceleration
+
no data
Enduro
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD FirePro W7170M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD FirePro W7170M 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 Radeon RX 550X or AMD FirePro W7170M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550X
AMD FirePro W7170M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550X
AMD FirePro W7170M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550X
AMD FirePro W7170M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550X
AMD FirePro W7170M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550X
AMD FirePro W7170M
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 Radeon RX 550X

Cheaper ($259 vs $600)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 100 Watt)

Advantages of AMD FirePro W7170M

9.53% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 512)

More memory bandwidth (160.0 GB/s vs 96 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon RX 550X or AMD FirePro W7170M?

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

AMD Radeon RX 550X versus AMD FirePro W7170M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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