GeForce RTX 4090 D vs FirePro W7170M

Place in performance ranking	480	2
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.27	9.29
Architecture	GCN 3 (2014−2016)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	Tonga	AD102
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)	28 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599
Current price	$600	$2537 (1.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4090 D has 631% better value for money than W7170M.

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	2048	14592
Core clock speed	723 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	425 Watt
Texture fill rate	92.54	1,149
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro W7170M and GeForce RTX 4090 D 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	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-pin

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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	21 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	1,008 GB/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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Eyefinity	+	no data
HDMI	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.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.3	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	no data	8.9

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 4090 D 97.45
+1090%

GeForce RTX 4090 D outperforms FirePro W7170M by 1090% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

W7170M 3161

RTX 4090 D 37631
+1090%

GeForce RTX 4090 D outperforms FirePro W7170M by 1090% in Passmark.

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 HD

−987%

500−550
+987%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

12−14

−1054%

150−160
+1054%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −1076%	200−210 +1076%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 −1082%	130−140 +1082%
Battlefield 5	24−27 −1060%	290−300 +1060%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −1076%	200−210 +1076%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −1054%	150−160 +1054%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −1058%	220−230 +1058%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −1074%	270−280 +1074%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −1025%	450−500 +1025%
Hitman 3	14−16 −1033%	170−180 +1033%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −1011%	400−450 +1011%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −1074%	270−280 +1074%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −1074%	270−280 +1074%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −1054%	300−310 +1054%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −1029%	350−400 +1029%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −1076%	200−210 +1076%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 −1082%	130−140 +1082%
Battlefield 5	24−27 −1060%	290−300 +1060%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −1076%	200−210 +1076%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −1054%	150−160 +1054%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −1058%	220−230 +1058%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −1074%	270−280 +1074%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −1025%	450−500 +1025%
Hitman 3	14−16 −1033%	170−180 +1033%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −1011%	400−450 +1011%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −1074%	270−280 +1074%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −1074%	270−280 +1074%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −1054%	300−310 +1054%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	31 −1029%	350−400 +1029%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −1029%	350−400 +1029%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −1076%	200−210 +1076%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 −1082%	130−140 +1082%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −1076%	200−210 +1076%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −1054%	150−160 +1054%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −1058%	220−230 +1058%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −1025%	450−500 +1025%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −1011%	400−450 +1011%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −1054%	300−310 +1054%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	23 −1074%	270−280 +1074%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −1029%	350−400 +1029%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

−1074%

270−280
+1074%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −1088%	190−200 +1088%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −1054%	150−160 +1054%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −1088%	95−100 +1088%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −1000%	110−120 +1000%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1025%	45−50 +1025%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −1054%	150−160 +1054%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −1033%	170−180 +1033%
Hitman 3	12−14 −1067%	140−150 +1067%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −1076%	200−210 +1076%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −1000%	110−120 +1000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −1088%	95−100 +1088%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −1043%	80−85 +1043%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −1025%	45−50 +1025%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−1043%

160−170
+1043%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −1043%	80−85 +1043%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −1067%	70−75 +1067%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1025%	45−50 +1025%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1088%	95−100 +1088%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1025%	45−50 +1025%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −1000%	55−60 +1000%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1000%	55−60 +1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1025%	45−50 +1025%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −1025%	45−50 +1025%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −1000%	110−120 +1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1088%	95−100 +1088%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −1011%	100−105 +1011%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−1088%

95−100
+1088%

This is how W7170M and RTX 4090 D compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 D is 987% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.19	97.45
Recency	2 October 2015	28 December 2023
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	425 Watt