ATI 3D Rage II+ DVD vs FirePro W7170M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking511not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.63no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code nameAmethystMach64 GT-B
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date2 October 2015 (9 years ago)1 September 1996 (28 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 cores2048no data
Core clock speed723 MHz60 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million5 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm500 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Wattno data
Texture fill rate92.540.06
Floating-point processing power2.961 TFLOPSno data
ROPs321
TMUs1281

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCI
Widthno data1-slot
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 typeGDDR5SDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz83 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s664.0 MB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity+-

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 (12_0)5.0
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 October 2015 1 September 1996
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 500 nm

W7170M has an age advantage of 19 years, a 102300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1685.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W7170M and 3D Rage II+ DVD. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W7170M is a mobile workstation card while 3D Rage II+ DVD is a desktop one.


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