FirePro W5170M vs M6100

Place in performance ranking	572	566
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.75	0.23
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Bonaire	Tropo
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 October 2013 (10 years ago)	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)
Current price	$120	$1530

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro M6100 has 1096% better value for money than W5170M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	640
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	925 MHz
Number of transistors	2,080 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate	51.60	37.00
Floating-point performance	1,651 gflops	1,184 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro M6100 and FirePro W5170M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

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

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	88 GB/s	72 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity	no data	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration

no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.3	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro M6100 5.49

W5170M 5.67
+3.3%

W5170M outperforms M6100 by 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro M6100 2122

W5170M 2191
+3.3%

W5170M outperforms M6100 by 3% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

FirePro M6100 5369
+27.9%

W5170M 4197

M6100 outperforms W5170M by 28% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

FirePro M6100 3837
+31.9%

W5170M 2909

M6100 outperforms W5170M by 32% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

FirePro M6100 25342
+32.7%

W5170M 19095

M6100 outperforms W5170M by 33% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

FirePro M6100 13300
+59.7%

W5170M 8330

M6100 outperforms W5170M by 60% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

60
+150%

−150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6	no data
Battlefield 5	14−16	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Hitman 3	10−11	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30	no data
Metro Exodus	12−14	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6	no data
Battlefield 5	14−16	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Hitman 3	10−11	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30	no data
Metro Exodus	12−14	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	no data
Far Cry 5	8−9	no data
Forza Horizon 4	9−10	no data
Hitman 3	10−11	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14	no data
Metro Exodus	4−5	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5	no data
Hitman 3	2−3	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	no data
Far Cry 5	3−4	no data
Forza Horizon 4	5−6	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7	no data
Metro Exodus	7−8	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	no data