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    FirePro W5170M vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5170M and Radeon HD 7970M 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 W5170M stacks up against Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.
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    FirePro W5170M and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: FirePro W5170M and Radeon HD 7970M 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 W5170M or Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire here:

    FirePro W5170M Laptops
    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      FirePro W5170M Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt
    Interface MXM-A (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • FirePro W5170M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
    • FirePro W5170M and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are build with GCN architecture.
    • FirePro W5170M and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 300 MHz higher, than FirePro W5170M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 24−27 60−65
    medium / 1080p 12−14 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than FirePro W5170M.

    Full Specs

      FirePro W5170M Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Architecture GCN GCN
    Code name Tropo Wimbledon XT
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 2 October 2015 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 640 2560
    Core clock speed 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 925 MHz
    Transistor count 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 37.00
    Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 2x 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    Laptop size large large
    Eyefinity +
    AppAcceleration +
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