FirePro W4170M vs GeForce 8800M GTX SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 8800M GTX SLI with FirePro W4170M, including specs and performance data.

8800M GTX SLI
2007
512 MB GDDR3, 130 Watt
2.02

W4170M outperforms 8800M GTX SLI by a substantial 33% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking876800
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.12no data
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameNB8E-GTXOpal
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date19 November 2007 (16 years ago)23 April 2015 (9 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 cores192384
Core clock speed500 MHz825 MHz
Boost clock speedno data900 MHz
Number of transistors1508 Million950 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data21.60
Floating-point processing powerno data0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data24

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 sizelargemedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data64 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 dataPortable Device Dependent

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.

DirectX1012 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5 (5.1)
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan-1.2.170

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 HD14−16
−50%
21
+50%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−62.5%
12−14
+62.5%
Hitman 3 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−16.7%
21−24
+16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−8.6%
35−40
+8.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−62.5%
12−14
+62.5%
Hitman 3 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−16.7%
21−24
+16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−8.6%
35−40
+8.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−62.5%
12−14
+62.5%
Hitman 3 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−16.7%
21−24
+16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−8.6%
35−40
+8.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
−45.5%
16−18
+45.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how 8800M GTX SLI and W4170M compete in popular games:

  • W4170M is 50% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the W4170M is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • W4170M is ahead in 45 tests (80%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (20%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.02 2.68
Recency 19 November 2007 23 April 2015
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm

W4170M has a 32.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

The FirePro W4170M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800M GTX SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 8800M GTX SLI is a notebook graphics card while FirePro W4170M is a mobile workstation one.


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