FireStream 9170 vs GeForce G110M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 939 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 1.11 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | G96C | RV670 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 8 January 2009 (15 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 | 400 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 666 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 105 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.200 | 12.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.032 TFLOPS | 0.512 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 48 | 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 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 (DDR2)/700 (GDDR3) MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 8 (DDR2)/11 (GDDR3) | 51.2 GB/s |
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 | DisplayPortDual Link DVIVGAHDMISingle 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_0) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 January 2009 | 8 November 2007 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 105 Watt |
GeForce G110M has an age advantage of 1 year, and 650% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce G110M and FireStream 9170. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce G110M is a notebook card while FireStream 9170 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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