GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile vs FirePro W5170M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W5170M with GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

W5170M
2015
2 GB GDDR5
5.67

RTX 3080 Mobile outperforms W5170M by a whopping 629% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking56688
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.23no data
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameTropoGN20-E7 GA104
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date2 October 2015 (8 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price$1530 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores6406144
Core clock speedno data780 - 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHz1245 - 1710 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate37.00296.6
Floating-point performance1,184 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro W5170M and GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile 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 sizelargelarge
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 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 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed4500 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s384.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
Eyefinity+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.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDAno data8.6

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.

W5170M 5.67
RTX 3080 Mobile 41.33
+629%

GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile outperforms FirePro W5170M by 629% based on our aggregate 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%

W5170M 4197
RTX 3080 Mobile 37933
+804%

GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile outperforms FirePro W5170M by 804% 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%

W5170M 2909
RTX 3080 Mobile 27194
+835%

GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile outperforms FirePro W5170M by 835% 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%

W5170M 19095
RTX 3080 Mobile 107695
+464%

GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile outperforms FirePro W5170M by 464% 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 HD24
−396%
119
+396%
1440p10−12
−670%
77
+670%
4K6−7
−700%
48
+700%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−644%
134
+644%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−663%
122
+663%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−700%
96
+700%
Battlefield 5 18−20
−639%
130−140
+639%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−730%
80−85
+730%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−631%
117
+631%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−633%
85−90
+633%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−750%
100−110
+750%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−708%
194
+708%
Hitman 3 16−18
−713%
130
+713%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−33
−633%
220
+633%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−729%
110−120
+729%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−717%
95−100
+717%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
−646%
261
+646%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
−686%
110
+686%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−657%
106
+657%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
−690%
79
+690%
Battlefield 5 18−20
−639%
130−140
+639%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−730%
80−85
+730%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−725%
99
+725%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−633%
85−90
+633%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−750%
100−110
+750%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−633%
150−160
+633%
Hitman 3 14−16
−643%
104
+643%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−700%
160−170
+700%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−688%
126
+688%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−733%
100
+733%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
−689%
213
+689%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−696%
191
+696%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−657%
227
+657%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−650%
75
+650%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
−667%
69
+667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−730%
80−85
+730%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−650%
90
+650%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−633%
85−90
+633%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−648%
157
+648%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−638%
155
+638%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−671%
185
+671%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−657%
106
+657%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
−640%
74
+640%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−692%
95
+692%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
−700%
80−85
+700%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−706%
129
+706%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−675%
62
+675%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−671%
54
+671%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−678%
70
+678%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−750%
30−35
+750%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−750%
102
+750%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−713%
130
+713%
Hitman 3 10−11
−660%
76
+660%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−656%
121
+656%
Metro Exodus 12−14
−650%
90
+650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
−683%
141
+683%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−690%
79
+690%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
−700%
56
+700%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−730%
83
+730%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−740%
40−45
+740%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
Hitman 3 6−7
−683%
47
+683%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−633%
66
+633%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−717%
49
+717%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−678%
70
+678%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−760%
43
+760%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−800%
36
+800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−650%
14−16
+650%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−700%
24−27
+700%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−770%
87
+770%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−667%
69
+667%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−729%
58
+729%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−725%
33
+725%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−667%
46
+667%

This is how W5170M and RTX 3080 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3080 Mobile is 396% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3080 Mobile is 670% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3080 Mobile is 700% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.67 41.33
Recency 2 October 2015 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm

The GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W5170M in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W5170M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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AMD FirePro W5170M
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