FirePro W5170M vs Radeon Pro 560

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5170M and Radeon Pro 560, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W5170M stacks up against Radeon Pro 560, check out specs charts below.

FirePro W5170M and Radeon Pro 560 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro W5170M and Radeon Pro 560 are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with FirePro W5170M or Radeon Pro 560 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W5170M Radeon Pro 560
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • FirePro W5170M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon Pro 560 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 560 has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro W5170M.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • FirePro W5170M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon Pro 560 - with Polaris.
  • FirePro W5170M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 560 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 560 is 580 MHz higher, than FirePro W5170M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 16−18
ultra / 1080p 6−7 10−11
QHD / 1440p 1−2 4−5
low / 720p 24−27 35−40
medium / 1080p 12−14 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 560 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 63% more, than FirePro W5170M.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5170M Radeon Pro 560
Architecture GCN Polaris
Code name Tropo Polaris 21
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 2 October 2015 5 June 2017
Pipelines 640 1024
Core clock speed 907 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 37.00 58.05
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops 1,858 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 5080 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 81.28 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Laptop size large large
Eyefinity +
AppAcceleration +
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