FirePro W7170M vs GeForce GTX 1050 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W7170M and GeForce GTX 1050 mobile. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro W7170M and GeForce GTX 1050 mobile. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

FirePro W7170M and GeForce GTX 1050 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro W7170M and GeForce GTX 1050 mobile 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 W7170M or GeForce GTX 1050 mobile here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W7170M GeForce GTX 1050 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • FirePro W7170M has 33% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1050 mobile.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W7170M and GeForce GTX 1050 mobile have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • FirePro W7170M is used in Mobile workstations, and GeForce GTX 1050 mobile - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W7170M is build with GCN 3 architecture, and GeForce GTX 1050 mobile - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 631 MHz higher, than FirePro W7170M.
  • FirePro W7170M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and GeForce GTX 1050 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 2008 MHz higher, than FirePro W7170M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 21−24
ultra / 1080p 12−14 14−16
QHD / 1440p 6−7 8−9
4K / 2160p 5−6 6−7
low / 720p 35−40 40−45
medium / 1080p 24−27 27−30
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 11% more, than FirePro W7170M.

Full Specs

  FirePro W7170M GeForce GTX 1050 mobile
Architecture GCN 3 Pascal
Code name Tonga GP107B
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 2 October 2015 3 January 2017
Pipelines 2048 640
Core clock speed 723 MHz 1354 MHz
Boost Clock 1493 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million 3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 92.54 59.72
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 112 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.3 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Multi monitor support +
HDCP 2.2
Laptop size large large
Eyefinity +
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
AppAcceleration +
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