FirePro W7170M vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W7170M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge. 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 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge. 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 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro W7170M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 R5 Bristol Ridge here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W7170M Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 12-45 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • FirePro W7170M has 733% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
  • FirePro W7170M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W7170M is build with GCN 3 architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • FirePro W7170M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 3−4
ultra / 1080p 12−14 1−2
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 35−40 14−16
medium / 1080p 24−27 5−6
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W7170M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 300% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

Full Specs

  FirePro W7170M Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture GCN 3 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name Tonga Bristol Ridge
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 2 October 2015 1 June 2016
Pipelines 2048 384
Core clock speed 723 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million 3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 92.54
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s
Shared memory - +
DirectX 12 (12_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 6.3
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
Laptop size large medium sized
Eyefinity +
AppAcceleration +
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