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AMD FirePro W4170M

AMD FirePro W4170M

The AMD FirePro W4170M is a professional workstation graphics card for laptops. It is based on the same Mars chip as the AMD Radeon HD 8790M and similarly clocked. Therefore, the GPU takes position in the mid-range of mobile laptop graphics cards as of 2013. Thanks to its optimized drivers, the W4170M offers a very good performance in professional 3D applications like CAD, while the gaming performance is similar to a Nvidia GeForce GT 750M.

The AMD FirePro M4100 series is based on the GCN architecture and therefore supports DirectX 11.2. The 384 shader cores can also be used with OpenCL as 6 compute units.

The AMD FirePro W4170M was first announced in the Dell Precision M2800 which is remarkably similar to the Dell Latitude E6540 (see our review) that offers a AMD Radeon HD 8790M.

FirePro W Series

FirePro W7170M compare 2048 @ 0.72 GHz256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
FirePro W5170M compare 640 @ 0.93 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
FirePro W5130M compare 512 @ 0.93 GHz128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
FirePro W4170M 384 @ 0.85 - 0.9 GHz128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
FirePro W4190M compare 384 @ 0.83 - 0.9 GHz128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
CodenameMars XTX?
ArchitectureGCN
Pipelines384 - unified
Core Speed850 - 900 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed4000 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 11.2, Shader 5.0
Transistor Count900 Million
technology28 nm
FeaturesApp Acceleration, PowerPlay, PowerTune, ZeroCore, Enduro, PCI Express 3.0 x16
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement16.11.2012
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
0.8 pt (2%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +
specvp11 tcvis-02 +
specvp11 sw-02 +
specvp11 proe-05 +
specvp11 maya-03 +
specvp11 lightwave-01 +
specvp11 ensight-04 +
specvp11 catia-03 +
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +
specvp12 snx-02 +
specvp12 showcase-01 +
specvp12 mediacal-01 +
specvp12 maya-04 +
specvp12 energy-01 +
specvp12 creo-01 +
specvp12 catia-04 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1024x768
86  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
67  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
55.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
38.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
31.2  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
19.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
7.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
GRID 2

GRID 2

2013
low 1024x768
112  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
87  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
62  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
19  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
65.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
45.4  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
23.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
11.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
108  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
56  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
49  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
17  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
SimCity

SimCity

2013
low 1024x768
93  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
39  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
28  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
18  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
131  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
61  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
42  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
11  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

2012
low 1024x768
63  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
43  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
17  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..