GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs FirePro W7170M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W7170M with GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

W7170M
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
8.19

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms W7170M by a whopping 128% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking480279
Place by popularitynot in top-10030
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.27no data
ArchitectureGCN 3 (2014−2016)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameTongaGN20-S7
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date2 October 2015 (8 years ago)17 December 2021 (2 years ago)
Current price$600 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 cores20482048
Core clock speed723 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1477 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt30-45 Watt
Texture fill rate92.54189.1
Floating-point performance2,961 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro W7170M and GeForce RTX 2050 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
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 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 amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s112.0 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
Eyefinity+no data
HDMIno data+
G-SYNC supportno data+

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+no data
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
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.

W7170M 8.19
RTX 2050 Mobile 18.66
+128%

GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms FirePro W7170M by 128% 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%

W7170M 9708
RTX 2050 Mobile 12268
+26.4%

GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms FirePro W7170M by 26% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

W7170M 26345
RTX 2050 Mobile 46821
+77.7%

GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms FirePro W7170M by 78% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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%

W7170M 6935
RTX 2050 Mobile 8881
+28.1%

GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms FirePro W7170M by 28% 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%

W7170M 43124
RTX 2050 Mobile 58068
+34.7%

GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms FirePro W7170M by 35% 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 HD46
+9.5%
42
−9.5%
1440p12−14
−142%
29
+142%
4K12−14
−150%
30
+150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 12−14 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12 no data
Battlefield 5 24−27 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14 no data
Far Cry 5 18−20 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24 no data
Forza Horizon 4 40−45 no data
Hitman 3 14−16 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40 no data
Metro Exodus 21−24 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35 no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12 no data
Battlefield 5 24−27 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14 no data
Far Cry 5 18−20 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24 no data
Forza Horizon 4 40−45 no data
Hitman 3 14−16 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40 no data
Metro Exodus 21−24 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 31 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35 no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14 no data
Far Cry 5 18−20 no data
Forza Horizon 4 40−45 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 23 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35 no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24 no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14 no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 no data
Far Cry 5 12−14 no data
Forza Horizon 4 14−16 no data
Hitman 3 12−14 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18 no data
Metro Exodus 10−11 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5 no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16 no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7 no data
Hitman 3 4−5 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6 no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 no data
Far Cry 5 4−5 no data
Forza Horizon 4 10−11 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9 no data
Metro Exodus 9−10 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4 no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9 no data

This is how W7170M and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • W7170M is 10% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 142% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 150% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.19 18.66
Recency 2 October 2015 17 December 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 30 Watt

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W7170M in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W7170M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 2050 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 W7170M
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