Radeon RX 6700 vs Pro WX 4170 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated58
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data19.90
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameBaffinNavi 22
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date1 March 2017 (7 years ago)9 June 2021 (3 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 cores10242304
Core clock speed1002 MHz1941 MHz
Boost clock speed1053 MHz2450 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate67.39352.8
Floating-point processing power2.157 TFLOPS11.29 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs64144
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB10 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s320.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2017 9 June 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 175 Watt

Pro WX 4170 Mobile has 250% lower power consumption.

RX 6700, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile and Radeon RX 6700. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Radeon RX 6700 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile
Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile
AMD Radeon RX 6700
Radeon RX 6700

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


2.8 5 votes

Rate Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.3 1352 votes

Rate Radeon RX 6700 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.