FirePro S7100X vs FirePro W7170M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking511not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.63no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameAmethystAmethyst
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date2 October 2015 (9 years ago)25 May 2016 (8 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 cores20482048
Core clock speed723 MHz725 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate92.5492.80
Floating-point processing power2.961 TFLOPS2.97 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs128128

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s160.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
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Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.36.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 October 2015 25 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB

S7100X has an age advantage of 7 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W7170M and FirePro S7100X. We've got no test results to judge.


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