Product Compare
AMD FirePro W6170M vs AMD Radeon R9 270
| GPU | GPU | |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics Card | ||
| Release Date | Aug 2014 | Nov 2013 |
| Generation | FirePro Mobile | Volcanic Islands |
| Type | Mobile | Desktop |
| Bus Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Clock Speeds | ||
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Base Clock | 900 MHz | |
| Boost Clock | 925 MHz | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Size | 2GB | 2GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 128bit | 256bit |
| Bandwidth | 96.00GB/s | 179.2GB/s |
| Render Config | ||
| Compute Units | 14 | 20 |
| Shading Units | 896 | 1280 |
| TMUs | 56 | 80 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB (per CU) | 16 KB (per CU) |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 512 KB |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| Pixel Rate | 17.60 GPixel/s | 29.60 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 61.60 GTexel/s | 74.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) | 1.971 TFLOPS | 2.368 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) | 123.2 GFLOPS | 148.0 GFLOPS |
| Graphics Processor | ||
| GPU Name | Emerald | Curacao |
| GPU Variant | Emerald XT GL(216-0857001) | Curacao PRO(215-0848000) |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process Size | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 2.08 billion | 2.8 billion |
| Die Size | 160 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Board Design | ||
| TDP | Unknown | 150W |
| Outputs | Portable Device Dependent | 2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Power Connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | |
| Graphics Features | ||
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.170 | 1.2 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 5.1 |