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    FirePro W5170M vs Radeon Pro WX 5100

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5170M and Radeon Pro WX 5100, 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 WX 5100, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon Pro WX 5100

    FirePro W5170M is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: FirePro W5170M is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 here:

    FirePro W5170M Laptops

    Main Specs

      FirePro W5170M Radeon Pro WX 5100
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
    Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort
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    • FirePro W5170M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon Pro WX 5100 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon Pro WX 5100 has 6 GB more memory, than FirePro W5170M.
    • FirePro W5170M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon Pro WX 5100 - in Desktops.
    • FirePro W5170M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon Pro WX 5100 - with GCN 4.0.
    • FirePro W5170M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro WX 5100 - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro WX 5100 is 500 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 Pro WX 5100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than FirePro W5170M.

    Full Specs

      FirePro W5170M Radeon Pro WX 5100
    Architecture GCN GCN 4.0
    Code name Tropo Ellesmere
    Type Mobile workstation Workstation
    Release date 2 October 2015 18 November 2016
    Pipelines 640 1792
    Core clock speed 713 MHz
    Boost Clock 925 MHz 1086 MHz
    Transistor count 1,500 million 5,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 37.00 121.6
    Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops 3,892 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 5000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 160.0 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
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 250 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    AppAcceleration +
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