FirePro W5170M vs Radeon Pro 455

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W5170M and Radeon Pro 455. 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 W5170M and Radeon Pro 455. 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 W5170M and Radeon Pro 455 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro W5170M and Radeon Pro 455 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 Pro 455 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W5170M Radeon Pro 455
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • FirePro W5170M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon Pro 455 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro W5170M and Radeon Pro 455 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • FirePro W5170M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon Pro 455 - with Polaris.
  • FirePro W5170M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 455 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 455 is 500 MHz higher, than FirePro W5170M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 16−18
ultra / 1080p 6−7 9−10
QHD / 1440p 1−2 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 24−27 30−35
medium / 1080p 12−14 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 455 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 45% more, than FirePro W5170M.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5170M Radeon Pro 455
Architecture GCN Polaris
Code name Tropo Polaris 11
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 2 October 2015 27 October 2016
Pipelines 640 768
Core clock speed 855 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 37.00 41.04
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops 1,313 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 81.28 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 163 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
Eyefinity +
AppAcceleration +
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