FireStream 9170 vs GeForce 305M

Place in the ranking	1259	941
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.91	1.10
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GT218	RV670
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	10 January 2010 (14 years ago)	8 November 2007 (17 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	16	320
Core clock speed	525 MHz	800 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	666 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	105 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.200	12.80
Floating-point processing power	0.0368 TFLOPS	0.512 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	55	no data
ROPs	4	16
TMUs	8	16

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).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin

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	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 512 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 700 (DDR3), Up to 700 (GDDR3) MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB/s	51.2 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	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.1	4.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

GeForce 305M 0.39

FireStream 9170 1.68
+331%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GeForce 305M 150

FireStream 9170 647
+331%

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−300%

8−9
+300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Hitman 3	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −275%	30−33 +275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −329%	120−130 +329%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Hitman 3	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −275%	30−33 +275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −289%	35−40 +289%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −329%	120−130 +329%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Hitman 3	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −275%	30−33 +275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −289%	35−40 +289%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −329%	120−130 +329%