AMD FirePro W5170M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

What is the difference between AMD FirePro W5170M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

TropoGPU NameG80
Tropo XTModel numberG80-300-A2
GCN 1.0ArchitectureTesla
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size90 nm
1,500 millionTransistors681 million
123 mm²Die Size484 mm²

Graphics Card

Aug 25th, 2014Release DateNov 8th, 2006
FirePro Mobile
(Wx100M)
FamilyGeForce 8
(8800)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
MXM-A (3.0)Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

2 GBMemory Size768 MB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR3
128 bitMemory Bus384 bit
72.00 GB/sBandwidth86.40 GB/s

Performance

14.80 GPixel/sPixel fillrate13.82 GPixel/s
37.00 GTexel/sTexture fillrate36.86 GTexel/s
1,184 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance345.6 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

1125 MHz
4.5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock900 MHz
1800 Mbps effective

Render Config

640Shading Units128
40TMUs32
16ROPs24
256 KBL2 Cache96 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)155 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
NonePower Connectors2x 6-pin

API support

12 (11_1)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
4.6OpenGL3.3
1.2OpenCL1.1 (1.0)
1.2VulkanN/A
5.1Shader Model4.0