GRID M3-3020 vs FirePro M4170
Aggregate performance score
We've compared FirePro M4170 with GRID M3-3020, including specs and performance data.
M3-3020 outperforms M4170 by a whopping 153% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 845 | 594 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Maxwell (2014−2017) |
| GPU code name | Opal | GM107 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 23 April 2015 (10 years ago) | 18 May 2016 (9 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 640 |
| Core clock speed | 825 MHz | 1033 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | 1306 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 950 million | 1,870 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 21.60 | 52.24 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6912 TFLOPS | 1.672 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| TMUs | 24 | 40 |
| L1 Cache | 96 KB | 320 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 2 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 83.2 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 (5.1) | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 (1.2) | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.170 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 5.0 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.79 | 7.07 |
| Recency | 23 April 2015 | 18 May 2016 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 4 GB |
GRID M3-3020 has a 153.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
The GRID M3-3020 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro M4170 in performance tests.
Be aware that FirePro M4170 is a mobile workstation graphics card while GRID M3-3020 is a workstation one.
Other comparisons
We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.
