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    FirePro W7170M vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W7170M and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire, 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 W7170M stacks up against Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.
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    FirePro W7170M and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: FirePro W7170M and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire 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 Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire here:

    FirePro W7170M Laptops
    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      FirePro W7170M Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2x2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • FirePro W7170M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • FirePro W7170M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
    • FirePro W7170M is build with GCN 3 architecture, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of FirePro W7170M is 43 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • FirePro W7170M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of FirePro W7170M is 4100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 20−22 21−24
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 6−7 7−8
    4K / 2160p 5−6 5−6
    low / 720p 35−40 40−45
    medium / 1080p 24−27 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 5% more, than FirePro W7170M.

    Full Specs

      FirePro W7170M Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
    Architecture GCN 3 Terascale 2
    Code name Tonga Blackcomb XT
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 2 October 2015 6 January 2011
    Pipelines 2048 1920
    Core clock speed 723 MHz 680 MHz
    Transistor count 5,000 million 2x1700 Million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 92.54
    Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (12_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 6.3
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    Laptop size large large
    Eyefinity +
    AppAcceleration +
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