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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Radeon HD 8850M | FirePro W4170M |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 528% | 481% |
| Hitman 3 | 717% | 655% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 474% | 431% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 528% | 481% |
| FIFA 21 | 217% | 193% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 783% | 717% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 456% | 414% |
| The Medium | 683% | 625% |
| Genshin Impact | 528% | 481% |
| Far Cry 6 | 808% | 740% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD FirePro W4170M are very slightly better than the AMD Radeon HD 8850M.
The FirePro W4170M has a 200 MHz higher core clock speed than the Radeon HD 8850M, but the Radeon HD 8850M has 16 more Texture Mapping Units than the FirePro W4170M. As a result, the Radeon HD 8850M exhibits a 5.2 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the FirePro W4170M. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The FirePro W4170M has a 200 MHz higher core clock speed than the Radeon HD 8850M, but the Radeon HD 8850M has 8 more Render Output Units than the FirePro W4170M. As a result, the Radeon HD 8850M exhibits a 3.4 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the FirePro W4170M. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The FirePro W4170M was released over a year more recently than the Radeon HD 8850M, and so the FirePro W4170M is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the Radeon HD 8850M.
The Radeon HD 8850M and the FirePro W4170M have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The FirePro W4170M has 40 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the Radeon HD 8850M, which means that the memory performance of the FirePro W4170M is noticeably better than the Radeon HD 8850M.
The Radeon HD 8850M has 640 Shader Processing Units and the FirePro W4170M has 384. However, the actual shader performance of the Radeon HD 8850M is 496 and the actual shader performance of the FirePro W4170M is 294. The Radeon HD 8850M having 202 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the FirePro W4170M performs better when taking into account other relevant data.
The Radeon HD 8850M requires 45 Watts to run and the FirePro W4170M requires 50 Watts. The FirePro W4170M requires 5 Watts more than the Radeon HD 8850M to run. The difference is not significant enough for the FirePro W4170M to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the Radeon HD 8850M.
| Core Speed | 625 MHz | vs |  | 825 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 775 MHz | vs | | 900 MHz | |
| Architecture | GCN 1.1 Venus PRO | GCN 1.1 Mars XTX | |||
| OC Potential | Fair |
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vs | Poor | |
| Driver Support | - | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 01 Apr 2013 | vs | | 28 Apr 2014 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 7.2
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vs | - | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600x900 | 5.5
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vs | - | |
| 1920x1080 | 4.1
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vs | - | |
| 2560x1440 | 2.6
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vs | - | |
| 3840x2160 | 1.8
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vs | - | |
| Memory | 2048 MB | | vs | | 2048 MB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz | vs | | 1125 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | | vs | | 128 Bit |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | | GDDR5 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 32GB/sec | vs | | 72GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | |
vs | |
256 KB |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 640 | | vs | 384 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 24% | | vs | 14% | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 40 | | vs | 24 | |
| Texture Rate | 25 GTexel/s | | vs | 19.8 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 16 | | vs | 8 | |
| Pixel Rate | 10 GPixel/s | | vs | 6.6 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | | 4096x2160 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 45 Watts | | vs | 50 Watts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 11.1 | vs | | 12.0 | |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.2 | vs | | 4.4 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i5-3360M 2.8GHz | | vs | Intel Core i5-4340M 2.9GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1366x768 | vs | | 1600x900 | |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview Radeon HD 8850M is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the Second Revision of the GCN Architecture. Architecture The GCN 1.1 Release adds support for AMD's TrueAudio Technology which does calculations of audio effects "better" than the CPU and further improves the Powertune Technology. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed Venus PRO which has 10 Compute Units activated and thus offers 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The Central Unit Initially Operates at 625MHz and goes up to 775MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of DDR3, through a 128-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is exaggerated and in no way benefits the GPU. The memory clock operates at 1000MHz. Features DirectX 11.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for Crossfire, PowerTune Technology, Eyefinity, App Acceleration, HD3D, ZeroCore Power and other technologies. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 45W, it is suited for 17" or larger laptops. Performance Gaming benchmarks put its performance somewhat above NVIDIA's GeForce GT 750M. System Suggestions We recommend a Decent Processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a system with Radeon HD 8850M. | FirePro W4170M is a Professional Graphics Card based on the 28nm GCN architecture. It's based on the GCN 1.1 Mars XTX and therefore offers 384 Shader Processing Units, 24 TMUs and 8 ROPs on a 128-bit interface of fast GDDR5. The central unit is clocked 825MHz and goes up to 900MHz, in Turbo Mode, while the memory clock operates at 1125MHZ. Its performance lies somewhere between desktop Radeon R7 240 and Radeon R7 250. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||