FirePro W5170M vs Radeon R6 Carrizo

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5170M and Radeon R6 Carrizo, 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 R6 Carrizo, check out specs charts below.

FirePro W5170M and Radeon R6 Carrizo are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro W5170M and Radeon R6 Carrizo 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 R6 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W5170M Radeon R6 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 12-35 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • FirePro W5170M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W5170M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • FirePro W5170M and Radeon R6 Carrizo are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 0−1
ultra / 1080p 6−7 0−1
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 10−12
medium / 1080p 12−14 2−3
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5170M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 216% more, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5170M Radeon R6 Carrizo
Architecture GCN GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name Tropo Carrizo
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 2 October 2015 4 June 2015
Pipelines 640 384
Boost Clock 925 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 37.00
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
Shared memory - +
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Laptop size large medium sized
Eyefinity +
AppAcceleration +
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