AMD FirePro W5170M vs NVIDIA GRID M3-3020

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Combined performance score

GRID M3-3020
7.63
+35%

GRID M3-3020 outperforms FirePro W5170M by 35% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking489562
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.21
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameGM107Tropo
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date18 May 2016 (7 years old)2 October 2015 (8 years old)
Current priceno data$1530
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores640640
Core clock speed1033 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1306 MHz925 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Texture fill rate52.2437.00
Floating-point performance1,672 gflops1,184 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GRID M3-3020 and FirePro W5170M 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5200 MHz4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth83.2 GB/s72 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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
Eyefinityno data+

Technologies

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

AppAccelerationno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.0no data

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 HD35−40
+29.6%
27
−29.6%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 7.63 5.65
Recency 18 May 2016 2 October 2015
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB

The GRID M3-3020 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W5170M in performance tests.

Be aware that GRID M3-3020 is a workstation card while FirePro W5170M 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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