FirePro W7170M vs Radeon R9 FURY X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W7170M and Radeon R9 FURY X. 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 W7170M and Radeon R9 FURY X. 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 W7170M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: FirePro W7170M 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 W7170M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W7170M Radeon R9 FURY X
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 275 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 FURY X has 175% more power consumption, than FirePro W7170M.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W7170M and Radeon R9 FURY X have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • FirePro W7170M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 FURY X - in Desktops.
  • FirePro W7170M is build with GCN 3 architecture, and Radeon R9 FURY X - with GCN 3.0.
  • FirePro W7170M and Radeon R9 FURY X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W7170M is 3950 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 FURY X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 50−55
ultra / 1080p 12−14 30−35
QHD / 1440p 6−7 27−30
4K / 2160p 5−6 14−16
low / 720p 35−40 75−80
medium / 1080p 24−27 60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 FURY X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 144% more, than FirePro W7170M.

Full Specs

  FirePro W7170M Radeon R9 FURY X
Architecture GCN 3 GCN 3.0
Code name Tonga Fiji
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 2 October 2015 24 June 2015
Pipelines 2048 4096
Core clock speed 723 MHz
Boost Clock 1050 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million 8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 92.54 268.8
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops 8,602 gflops
Length 191 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 512 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.3 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 858 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity + +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 33.4 Mh/s
Compute units 64
AppAcceleration + +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
FRTC +
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