ATI Mobility Radeon X800 vs FirePro M4170
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 845 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | R400 (2004−2008) |
| GPU code name | Opal | M28 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 23 April 2015 (10 years ago) | 1 November 2004 (21 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 18 |
| Core clock speed | 825 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 950 million | 160 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 21.60 | 4.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6912 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 12 |
| TMUs | 24 | 12 |
| L1 Cache | 96 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 9.0b (9_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 (5.1) | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 (1.2) | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.170 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 April 2015 | 1 November 2004 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 130 nm |
FirePro M4170 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro M4170 and Mobility Radeon X800. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro M4170 is a mobile workstation graphics card while Mobility Radeon X800 is a mobile workstation one.
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