AMD FirePro W4170M vs NVIDIA Quadro P3000 Mobile

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Combined performance score

P3000 Mobile
19.20
+616%

Quadro P3000 Mobile outperforms FirePro W4170M by 616% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking269768
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money9.960.13
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameN17E-Q1Mars XTX?
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years old)16 November 2012 (11 years old)
Current price$537 $495
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

P3000 Mobile has 7562% better value for money than W4170M.

Technical specs

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 cores1280384
Core clock speed1088 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speed1215 MHz900 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate97.2021.60
Floating-point performance3,110 gflops691.2 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro P3000 Mobile and FirePro W4170M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed7008 MHz4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth168 GB/s64 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
Display Port1.4no data

Technologies

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

AppAccelerationno data+
Optimus+no data
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API support

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

DirectX1212 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.1no data

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.

P3000 Mobile 19.20
+616%
W4170M 2.68

Quadro P3000 Mobile outperforms FirePro W4170M by 616% in our combined benchmark results.


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%

P3000 Mobile 12105
+423%
W4170M 2315

Quadro P3000 Mobile outperforms FirePro W4170M by 423% 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%

P3000 Mobile 9256
+424%
W4170M 1766

Quadro P3000 Mobile outperforms FirePro W4170M by 424% 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%

P3000 Mobile 63332
+406%
W4170M 12506

Quadro P3000 Mobile outperforms FirePro W4170M by 406% 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 HD64
+191%
22
−191%
4K28
+833%
3−4
−833%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+1200%
3−4
−1200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+725%
4−5
−725%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+1200%
5−6
−1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+317%
12−14
−317%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+1150%
4−5
−1150%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+1633%
3−4
−1633%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+843%
7−8
−843%
Hitman 3 55−60
+1000%
5−6
−1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+925%
4−5
−925%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+433%
6−7
−433%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+356%
9−10
−356%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+3600%
1−2
−3600%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+1200%
3−4
−1200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+725%
4−5
−725%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+1200%
5−6
−1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+317%
12−14
−317%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+1150%
4−5
−1150%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+1633%
3−4
−1633%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+843%
7−8
−843%
Hitman 3 55−60
+1000%
5−6
−1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+925%
4−5
−925%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+433%
6−7
−433%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+356%
9−10
−356%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 63
+950%
6−7
−950%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+3600%
1−2
−3600%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+1200%
3−4
−1200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+725%
4−5
−725%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+1200%
5−6
−1200%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+1150%
4−5
−1150%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+1633%
3−4
−1633%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+843%
7−8
−843%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 33
+450%
6−7
−450%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+3600%
1−2
−3600%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+480%
5−6
−480%
Hitman 3 30−35
+417%
6−7
−417%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+317%
6−7
−317%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Battlefield 5 40−45
+740%
5−6
−740%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+700%
4−5
−700%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+640%
5−6
−640%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+3800%
1−2
−3800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+600%
3−4
−600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Hitman 3 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Metro Exodus 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 22
+633%
3−4
−633%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Battlefield 5 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+200%
6−7
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%

This is how P3000 Mobile and W4170M compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • P3000 Mobile is 191% faster than W4170M

4K resolution:

  • P3000 Mobile is 833% faster than W4170M

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the P3000 Mobile is 3800% faster than the W4170M.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, P3000 Mobile surpassed W4170M in all 53 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 19.20 2.68
Recency 11 January 2017 16 November 2012
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm

The Quadro P3000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W4170M in performance tests.


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