FirePro W5170M vs Radeon Pro W5500M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5170M and Radeon Pro W5500M, 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 W5500M, check out specs charts below.

FirePro W5170M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: FirePro W5170M is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W5170M Radeon Pro W5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
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 W5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro W5500M has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro W5170M.
  • FirePro W5170M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon Pro W5500M - in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5170M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon Pro W5500M - with RDNA 1.0.
  • FirePro W5170M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro W5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro W5500M is 7500 MHz higher, than FirePro W5170M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 14−16
ultra / 1080p 6−7 8−9
QHD / 1440p 1−2 3−4
low / 720p 24−27 30−33
medium / 1080p 12−14 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 36% more, than FirePro W5170M.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5170M Radeon Pro W5500M
Architecture GCN RDNA 1.0
Code name Tropo Navi 14
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Release date 2 October 2015 10 February 2020
Pipelines 640 1408
Boost Clock 925 MHz 1450 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 37.00 127.6
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.5
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
AppAcceleration +
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