GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs FirePro W4170M

Place in performance ranking	770	41
Place by popularity	not in top-100	22
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.13	44.44
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Mars XTX?	Ampere GA104
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	16 November 2012 (11 years ago)	1 December 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$399
Current price	$495	$361 (0.9x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3060 Ti has 34085% better value for money than W4170M.

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	4864
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	1665 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	220 Watt
Texture fill rate	21.60	253.1
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on FirePro W4170M and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

Supported Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration

no data

API Compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	no data	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

W4170M 2.68

RTX 3060 Ti 53.08
+1881%

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms FirePro W4170M by 1881% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

W4170M 1036

RTX 3060 Ti 20546
+1883%

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms FirePro W4170M by 1883% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

W4170M 2315

RTX 3060 Ti 35683
+1441%

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms FirePro W4170M by 1441% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

W4170M 1766

RTX 3060 Ti 26883
+1422%

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms FirePro W4170M by 1422% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

W4170M 12506

RTX 3060 Ti 138278
+1006%

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms FirePro W4170M by 1006% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	22 −555%	144 +555%
1440p	4−5 −2050%	86 +2050%
4K	2−3 −2500%	52 +2500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−1560%

83
+1560%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −3933%	121 +3933%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −2800%	145 +2800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −1100%	140−150 +1100%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1520%	81 +1520%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −3500%	144 +3500%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −3667%	113 +3667%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −3233%	200 +3233%
Hitman 3	5−6 −3280%	160−170 +3280%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −3375%	139 +3375%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −2467%	154 +2467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −1644%	157 +1644%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −12100%	122 +12100%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −3367%	104 +3367%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −2380%	124 +2380%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −1100%	140−150 +1100%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1460%	78 +1460%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −3325%	137 +3325%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −3567%	110 +3567%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −3167%	196 +3167%
Hitman 3	5−6 −3280%	160−170 +3280%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −2800%	116 +2800%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −2650%	110 +2650%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −1383%	89 +1383%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −1556%	149 +1556%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −2983%	185 +2983%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −10800%	109 +10800%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2400%	75 +2400%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −2180%	114 +2180%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1440%	77 +1440%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −3125%	129 +3125%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −3233%	100 +3233%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −2783%	173 +2783%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −1433%	92 +1433%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −7600%	77 +7600%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −1760%	90−95 +1760%
Hitman 3	5−6 −2060%	100−110 +2060%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −922%	92 +922%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −6500%	66 +6500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −5600%	57 +5600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −1617%	103 +1617%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	65
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −5100%	52 +5100%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −2525%	105 +2525%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −14900%	150 +14900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −2800%	85−90 +2800%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2600%	50−55 +2600%
Hitman 3	3−4 −1867%	55−60 +1867%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −286%	27 +286%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −3700%	38 +3700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −4400%	45 +4400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −3900%	40 +3900%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −1525%	65 +1525%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −950%	63 +950%