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    FirePro W5170M vs Radeon Pro Vega 20

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5170M and Radeon Pro Vega 20, 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 Pro Vega 20, check out specs charts below.
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    FirePro W5170M and Radeon Pro Vega 20 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: FirePro W5170M and Radeon Pro Vega 20 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 Vega 20 here:

    FirePro W5170M Laptops
    Radeon Pro Vega 20 Laptops

    Main Specs

      FirePro W5170M Radeon Pro Vega 20
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • FirePro W5170M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon Pro Vega 20 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon Pro Vega 20 has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro W5170M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • FirePro W5170M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - with Vega.
    • FirePro W5170M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5170M is 3020 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.

    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 Pro Vega 20 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than FirePro W5170M.

    Full Specs

      FirePro W5170M Radeon Pro Vega 20
    Architecture GCN Vega
    Code name Tropo Vega Mobile
    Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
    Release date 2 October 2015 15 November 2018
    Pipelines 640 1280
    Core clock speed 815 MHz
    Boost Clock 925 MHz 1283 MHz
    Transistor count 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 37.00 102.6
    Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 1024 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 1480 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 189.4 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.3
    OpenGL 4.6 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
    Laptop size large large
    Eyefinity +
    AppAcceleration +
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