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    FirePro W5170M vs Radeon RX 560 mobile

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5170M and Radeon RX 560 mobile, 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 RX 560 mobile, check out specs charts below.
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    FirePro W5170M and Radeon RX 560 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: FirePro W5170M and Radeon RX 560 mobile 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 RX 560 mobile here:

    FirePro W5170M Laptops
    Radeon RX 560 mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      FirePro W5170M Radeon RX 560 mobile
    Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt
    Interface MXM-A (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    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 RX 560 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • Radeon RX 560 mobile has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro W5170M.
    • FirePro W5170M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon RX 560 mobile - in Laptops.
    • FirePro W5170M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon RX 560 mobile - with Polaris.
    • FirePro W5170M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 560 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 560 mobile is 1500 MHz higher, than FirePro W5170M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 4−5
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 24−27 35−40
    medium / 1080p 12−14 21−24
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 560 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 63% more, than FirePro W5170M.

    Full Specs

      FirePro W5170M Radeon RX 560 mobile
    Architecture GCN Polaris
    Code name Tropo Polaris 11
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 2 October 2015 5 January 2017
    Pipelines 640 1024
    Core clock speed 1175 MHz
    Boost Clock 925 MHz 1275 MHz
    Transistor count 1,500 million 3,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 37.00 58.97
    Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops 2,462 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 6000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 96 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 +
    Laptop size large large
    Eyefinity +
    AppAcceleration +
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