Tegra 3 vs FirePro W4170M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	769	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.14	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	VLIW Vec4 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	Mars XTX?	Tegra 3
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	16 November 2012 (11 years ago)	9 November 2011 (12 years ago)
Current price	$495	$150

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	no data
Core clock speed	850 MHz	416 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	520 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	10 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	21.60	4.160
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro W4170M and Tegra 3 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	IGP
Width	no data	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no data

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

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration

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no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	N/A
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	ES 2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 November 2012	9 November 2011
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm

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