AMD FirePro W7170M vs NVIDIA Quadro M5000M

What is the difference between AMD FirePro W7170M and NVIDIA Quadro M5000M. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

AmethystGPU NameGM204
Amethyst XT GLModel numberN16E-Q5-A1
GCN 3.0ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
5,000 millionTransistors5,200 million
366 mm²Die Size398 mm²

Graphics Card

Oct 2nd, 2015Release DateAug 18th, 2015
FirePro Mobile
(Wx100M)
FamilyQuadro Mobile
(Mx000M)
ActiveProductionActive
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)

Memory

4 GBMemory Size8 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
160.0 GB/sBandwidth160.4 GB/s

Performance

23.14 GPixel/sPixel fillrate62.40 GPixel/s
92.54 GTexel/sTexture fillrate93.60 GTexel/s
2.961 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance2.995 TFLOPS
185.1 GFLOPS (1:16)FP64 (double) performance93.60 GFLOPS (1:32)

Clock Speeds

1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective
723 MHzGPU Clock975 MHz

Render Config

2048Shading Units1536
128TMUs96
32ROPs64
16 KB (per CU)L1 Cache48 KB (per SMM)
512 KBL2 Cache2 MB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthMXM Module
100 WThermal design power (TDP)100 W
No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

12 (12_0)DirectX12 (12_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
2.0OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.1
6.3Shader Model6.4