AMD FirePro W4190M vs AMD FirePro W5170M vs AMD FirePro W4170M
AMD FirePro W4190M ► remove from comparison
The AMD FirePro W4190M is a professional workstation graphics card for laptops . It is based on the same Mars chip as the AMD Radeon HD 8790M and AMD FirePro W4170M and similarly clocked. Therefore, the GPU takes position in the lower mid-range of mobile laptop graphics cards as of 2015. Thanks to its optimized drivers, the W4190M offers a very good performance in professional 3D applications like CAD, while the gaming performance is similar to a Nvidia GeForce 840M / Radeon HD 8790M .
The AMD FirePro M4100 series is based on the GCN architecture and therefore supports DirectX 12. The 384 shader cores can also be used with OpenCL as 6 compute units.
AMD FirePro W5170M ► remove from comparison
The AMD FirePro W5170M is a high-end graphics card for mobile workstations . It is based on the same chip as the AMD Radeon R9 M370X, but it is higher clocked.
The FirePro series offers certified drivers that are optimized for stability and performance in professional applications like CAD or DCC. OpenGL performance, for example, should be significantly better compared to GeForce graphics cards of similar specifications.
AMD FirePro W4170M ► remove from comparison
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.
AMD FirePro W4190M AMD FirePro W5170M AMD FirePro W4170M FirePro W Series Codename Mars XTX? Mars XTX? Architecture GCN GCN GCN Pipelines 384 - unified 640 - unified 384 - unified Core Speed 825 - 900 (Boost) MHz 925 (Boost) MHz 850 - 900 (Boost) MHz Memory Speed 4000 MHz 4500 MHz 4000 MHz Memory Bus Width 128 Bit 128 Bit 128 Bit Memory Type GDDR5 GDDR5 GDDR5 Max. Amount of Memory 2048 MB 2048 MB 2048 MB Shared Memory no no no API DirectX 11.2, Shader 5.0 DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3 / Vulkan DirectX 11.2, Shader 5.0 Transistors 900 Million 900 Million technology 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm Features App Acceleration, PowerPlay, PowerTune, ZeroCore, Enduro, PCI Express 3.0 x16 DirectX 12, OpenCL 1.2, OpenGL 4.3, Vulkan, Mantle, Eyefinity, Enduro, App Acceleration, HD3D App Acceleration, PowerPlay, PowerTune, ZeroCore, Enduro, PCI Express 3.0 x16 Notebook Size medium sized large medium sized Date of Announcement 12.11.2015 02.10.2015 16.11.2012 Link to Manufacturer Page www.amd.com www.amd.com
Benchmarks Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - FirePro W4190M
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Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - FirePro W5170M
1.3 pt (4%)
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Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - FirePro W4170M
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
112381 Points (14%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 6567 avg: 7603 median: 7894 (8%) max: 8348 Points
14139 Points (15%)
10501 Points (11%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 8513 avg: 11144 median: 12317 (3%) max: 12601 Points
19095 Points (5%)
12506 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 1517 avg: 1630 median: 1663 (3%) max: 1711 Points
2736 Points (5%)
1694 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 1588 avg: 1713 median: 1745 (2%) max: 1806 Points
2909 Points (3%)
1766 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 35930 avg: 39704 median: 39703.5 (5%) max: 43477 Points
144473 Points (17%)
93515 Points (11%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 2173 avg: 2451 median: 2570 (4%) max: 2611 Points
4564 Points (6%)
2629 Points (4%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 1932 avg: 2221 median: 2351 (2%) max: 2379 Points
4197 Points (4%)
2315 Points (2%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD FirePro W4190M
12929 Points (17%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD FirePro W4170M
13622 Points (18%)
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
min: 6.2 avg: 7.3 median: 7.3 (2%) max: 8.3 fps
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
22.4 fps (7%)
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 OpenGL
17.6 fps (8%)
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
31.1 fps (6%)
SPECviewperf 11 specvp11 snx-01 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
28.7 fps (17%)
specvp11 snx-01 + AMD FirePro W5170M
36.5 fps (22%)
specvp11 snx-01 + AMD FirePro W4170M
25 fps (15%)
specvp11 tcvis-02 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
23.4 fps (13%)
specvp11 tcvis-02 + AMD FirePro W5170M
27 fps (15%)
specvp11 tcvis-02 + AMD FirePro W4170M
9.8 fps (6%)
specvp11 sw-02 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
51.2 fps (39%)
specvp11 sw-02 + AMD FirePro W5170M
59.3 fps (45%)
specvp11 sw-02 + AMD FirePro W4170M
47.8 fps (36%)
specvp11 proe-05 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
8.7 fps (10%)
specvp11 proe-05 + AMD FirePro W5170M
8.3 fps (10%)
specvp11 proe-05 + AMD FirePro W4170M
11 fps (13%)
specvp11 maya-03 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
65.5 fps (49%)
specvp11 maya-03 + AMD FirePro W5170M
78.5 fps (59%)
specvp11 maya-03 + AMD FirePro W4170M
68.4 fps (52%)
specvp11 lightwave-01 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
67.5 fps (72%)
specvp11 lightwave-01 + AMD FirePro W5170M
75.7 fps (81%)
specvp11 lightwave-01 + AMD FirePro W4170M
71.6 fps (77%)
specvp11 ensight-04 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
21.1 fps (10%)
specvp11 ensight-04 + AMD FirePro W5170M
26.3 fps (13%)
specvp11 ensight-04 + AMD FirePro W4170M
19.9 fps (10%)
specvp11 catia-03 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
29.6 fps (16%)
specvp11 catia-03 + AMD FirePro W5170M
35.4 fps (19%)
specvp11 catia-03 + AMD FirePro W4170M
26.2 fps (14%)
SPECviewperf 12 specvp12 sw-03 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
min: 30.12 avg: 30.8 median: 30.8 (8%) max: 31.41 fps
specvp12 sw-03 + AMD FirePro W4170M
37.5 fps (9%)
specvp12 snx-02 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
min: 19.89 avg: 19.9 median: 19.9 (3%) max: 19.91 fps
specvp12 snx-02 + AMD FirePro W4170M
23.5 fps (3%)
specvp12 showcase-01 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
min: 4.98 avg: 7.6 median: 7.6 (2%) max: 10.21 fps
specvp12 showcase-01 + AMD FirePro W4170M
12.8 fps (3%)
specvp12 mediacal-01 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
min: 4.51 avg: 5.3 median: 5.3 (1%) max: 6.09 fps
specvp12 mediacal-01 + AMD FirePro W4170M
5.8 fps (1%)
specvp12 maya-04 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
min: 16.38 avg: 16.5 median: 16.5 (5%) max: 16.66 fps
specvp12 maya-04 + AMD FirePro W4170M
22.8 fps (6%)
specvp12 energy-01 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
min: 0.34 avg: 0.4 median: 0.4 (0%) max: 0.41 fps
specvp12 energy-01 + AMD FirePro W4170M 0.4 fps (0%)
specvp12 creo-01 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
16.9 fps (7%)
specvp12 creo-01 + AMD FirePro W4170M
18.8 fps (8%)
specvp12 catia-04 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
min: 18.13 avg: 18.4 median: 18.4 (3%) max: 18.62 fps
specvp12 catia-04 + AMD FirePro W4170M
19.3 fps (3%)
specvp12 3dsmax-05 + AMD FirePro W4190M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
11.4 fps (2%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
6.9 Points (87%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
6.9 Points (87%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + AMD FirePro W4190M Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
9490 Points (7%)
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + AMD FirePro W4170M
9615 Points (7%)
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD FirePro W4190M Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
49.6 fps (17%)
Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD FirePro W4170M
59.3 fps (21%)
Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD FirePro W4190M Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 48.12 avg: 48.6 median: 48.7 (3%) max: 48.99 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD FirePro W5170M
82.3 fps (5%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD FirePro W4170M
54.7 fps (3%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + AMD FirePro W4190M Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
98 % (98%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + AMD FirePro W5170M
98 % (98%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + AMD FirePro W4170M
98 % (98%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 415 avg: 423 median: 423 (2%) max: 431 Samples/s
256 Samples/s (1%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
min: 924 avg: 981 median: 984 (2%) max: 1034 Samples/s
462 Samples/s (1%)
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
902 Points (1%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
46.7 Watt (10%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
0.1 fps per Watt (13%)
Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise + AMD FirePro W4190M Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
37.4 dB(A) (60%)
Average Benchmarks AMD FirePro W4190M → 100% n=17 Average Benchmarks AMD FirePro W5170M → 152% n=17 Average Benchmarks AMD FirePro W4170M → 108% n=17
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
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.
100%
FirePro W4190M:
9.3 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
5.1 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
4.7 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
19.4 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
9 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
6.2 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
3.6 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
40 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
18 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
14 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
13 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
33.3 (!) [X] HP ZBook 14u G4 Intel Core i7-7500U 2.7GHz
FirePro W4190M
Problem during benchmarking occured: severe graphical problems fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
10.5 (!) [X] HP ZBook 14u G4 Intel Core i7-7500U 2.7GHz
FirePro W4190M
Problem during benchmarking occured: severe graphical problems fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
7.7 (!) [X] HP ZBook 14u G4 Intel Core i7-7500U 2.7GHz
FirePro W4190M
Problem during benchmarking occured: severe graphical problems fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
101.7 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
39.1 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
26.5 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
23.7 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
10.9 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
9.4 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
5.4 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
23.5 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
13.9 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
8.9 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
4.9 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
25.6 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
14 17.4 ~ 16 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
8 9.9 ~ 9 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
7.9 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
59.9 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
42.3 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
18.9 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
13 fps
FirePro W5170M:
45 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
FirePro W5170M:
24 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
172%
FirePro W5170M:
31 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
9.7 9.7 ~ 10 fps
148%
FirePro W5170M:
14.8 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
5.7 6 ~ 6 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
72.7 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
61 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
17.3 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
7.1 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
20 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
16 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
11 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
2 fps
FirePro W5170M:
43.8 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
FirePro W5170M:
37.7 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
FirePro W5170M:
20 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
FirePro W5170M:
113.6 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
FirePro W5170M:
99.6 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
FirePro W5170M:
16.4 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
39.3 fps
99%
FirePro W4170M:
38.8 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
30.5 fps
102%
FirePro W4170M:
31.2 fps
100%
FirePro W4190M:
17.2 fps
113%
FirePro W4170M:
19.5 fps
113%
FirePro W4170M:
108 fps
194%
FirePro W5170M:
95.2 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
114%
FirePro W4170M:
56 fps
193%
FirePro W5170M:
80.9 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
117%
FirePro W4170M:
49 fps
191%
FirePro W5170M:
28.7 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
113%
FirePro W4170M:
17 fps
FirePro W5170M:
102.7 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
FirePro W5170M:
88.4 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
FirePro W5170M:
55.5 [X] Dell Precision 15 7510 50751340 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 2.8GHz
FirePro W5170M
fps
Average Gaming AMD FirePro W4190M → 100% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming AMD FirePro W5170M → 180% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 172%
Average Gaming AMD FirePro W4170M → 110% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 108%