RTX A500 Mobile vs FirePro W4170M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W4170M and RTX A500 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

W4170M
2015
2 GB GDDR5
2.71

RTX A500 Mobile outperforms W4170M by a whopping 548% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking807311
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data20.06
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameOpalGA107S
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date23 April 2015 (9 years ago)22 March 2022 (2 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 cores3842048
Core clock speed825 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz1537 MHz
Number of transistors950 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate21.6098.37
Floating-point processing power0.6912 TFLOPS6.296 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs2464
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s96 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.5 (5.1)6.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.1 (1.2)3.0
Vulkan1.2.1701.3
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 2.71
RTX A500 Mobile 17.56
+548%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

W4170M 1045
RTX A500 Mobile 6767
+548%

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.

W4170M 2315
RTX A500 Mobile 10818
+367%

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.

W4170M 1766
RTX A500 Mobile 7598
+330%

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.

W4170M 12506
RTX A500 Mobile 48496
+288%

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 HD21
−105%
43
+105%
1440p3−4
−733%
25
+733%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−380%
24−27
+380%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 24−27
Battlefield 5 4−5
−1175%
50−55
+1175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−343%
30−35
+343%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−380%
24−27
+380%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−620%
35−40
+620%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−500%
40−45
+500%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−669%
100−105
+669%
Hitman 3 7−8
−329%
30−33
+329%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−271%
75−80
+271%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−2550%
50−55
+2550%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−617%
40−45
+617%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−325%
50−55
+325%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−111%
80−85
+111%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 24−27
Battlefield 5 4−5
−1175%
50−55
+1175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−343%
30−35
+343%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−380%
24−27
+380%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−620%
35−40
+620%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−500%
40−45
+500%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−669%
100−105
+669%
Hitman 3 7−8
−329%
30−33
+329%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−271%
75−80
+271%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−2550%
50−55
+2550%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−617%
40−45
+617%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−417%
62
+417%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−164%
35−40
+164%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−111%
80−85
+111%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 24−27
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−343%
30−35
+343%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−380%
24−27
+380%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−620%
35−40
+620%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−669%
100−105
+669%
Hitman 3 7−8
−329%
30−33
+329%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−271%
75−80
+271%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−350%
54
+350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−107%
29
+107%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−111%
80−85
+111%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−617%
40−45
+617%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−650%
30−33
+650%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−700%
16−18
+700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−750%
16−18
+750%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Hitman 3 8−9
−125%
18−20
+125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−357%
30−35
+357%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−750%
16−18
+750%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
−494%
95−100
+494%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−317%
24−27
+317%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−1400%
14−16
+1400%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−450%
10−12
+450%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 6−7

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 39
+0%
39
+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

This is how W4170M and RTX A500 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX A500 Mobile is 105% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A500 Mobile is 733% faster in 1440p

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX A500 Mobile is 2550% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX A500 Mobile is ahead in 57 tests (84%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (16%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.71 17.56
Recency 23 April 2015 22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm

RTX A500 Mobile has a 548% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W4170M in performance tests.


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