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AMD FirePro W7170M

The AMD FirePro W7170M is a workstation graphics card released on October 2, 2015, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 2,048 shading units, 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, a boost clock of 723 MHz and a 100 W board power rating. It scores 3,694 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6 and OpenCL 2.0.

GCNAmethyst XT28 nmWorkstation

8/10 key specs recorded · 37 facts

Depth: 31 recorded fields, 4 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark AMD.com Specifications Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

2,048cores

Memory

4 GB

GDDR5 · 256-bit

Boost clock

n/a

723 MHz base

Board power

100 W

Performance

The AMD FirePro W7170M scores 3,694 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 75.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #673), measured across 29 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 368.

PassMark G3D Mark

3,694

Rank #673
Faster than 75.9% of 2,658 GPUs
29 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 57 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 61% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 27 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 65.4% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 23 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 53.4% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 23 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 57.4% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,005 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 47.3% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD FirePro W7170M averages DirectX 9 57 fps, DirectX 10 27 fps, DirectX 11 23 fps, DirectX 12 23 fps and GPU Compute 1,005 ops/s, across 29 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

Theoretical throughput

FP32 (single precision) 2.96 TFLOPS stated by AMD

FP64 (double precision) 0.185 TFLOPS stated by AMD

AMD states a peak of FP32 (single precision) 2.96 TFLOPS and FP64 (double precision) 0.185 TFLOPS for the AMD FirePro W7170M.

As stated by PassMark

First benchmarked 2016-02-02

Samples 29

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Graphics processor

Architecture GCN

Codename Amethyst XT

Chip Not recorded

Process node 28 nm

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The AMD FirePro W7170M is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Amethyst XT graphics processor and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.

Shader configuration

Shading units 2,048

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 128

Render output units (ROPs) 32

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD FirePro W7170M has 2,048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units and 32 render output units.

The AMD FirePro W7170M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD FirePro W7170M.

Clock speeds

Base clock 723 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD FirePro W7170M runs at a base clock of 723 MHz.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 256-bit

Bandwidth Not recorded

The AMD FirePro W7170M is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory and uses a 256-bit memory bus.

Board and power

The AMD FirePro W7170M has a board power rating of 100 W, a total board power of 100 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 100 W

Total board power 100 W

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched October 2, 2015

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Laptop

Series FirePro

The AMD FirePro W7170M was released on October 2, 2015.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 3,694

PassMark G2D 368

Rank #673

Samples 29

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD FirePro W7170M supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6 and OpenCL 2.0.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

OpenCL 2.0

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD FirePro W7170M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD FirePro W7170M.

Features

The AMD FirePro W7170M has 1 supported feature recorded and 1 feature explicitly listed as not supported outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Compute and AI

Not supported (1)

Explicitly not supported: ECC memory

What it is: Error-correcting memory that detects and fixes memory bit errors, mainly valued in workstation and data-center use.

Not listed (3)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD FirePro W7170M supports AMD AI accelerators, Tensor cores and AMD CrossFire. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

ECC memory is explicitly listed as not supported.

Display features

Supported: 10-bit color output

The GPU can send 10-bit-per-channel color to compatible displays for smoother gradients.

Not listed (7)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD FirePro W7170M supports HDMI 4K output, AMD FreeSync, Stereoscopic 3D, VR ready, 8K display output, HDR output and 12-bit color output. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD FirePro W7170M supports 10-bit color output under Display features.

Media engine

Feex holds no codec support statement for the AMD FirePro W7170M.

AMD Unified Video Decoder SupportedAMD's older dedicated video-decoding block found on many GCN-era and earlier Radeon GPUs.

AMD Video Coding Engine SupportedAMD's older dedicated video-encoding block found on many GCN-era Radeon GPUs.

Not listed: H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9. No source Feex holds states whether the AMD FirePro W7170M supports these codecs; that is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

Media engines recorded for the AMD FirePro W7170M: AMD Unified Video Decoder and AMD Video Coding Engine.

Naming and aliases

The AMD FirePro W7170M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as AMD FirePro(TM) W7170M.

Other names (PassMark) AMD FirePro(TM) W7170M

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD FirePro W7170M have?

The AMD FirePro W7170M has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus.

How much power does the AMD FirePro W7170M use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD FirePro W7170M has a board power rating of 100 W.

How fast is the AMD FirePro W7170M?

The AMD FirePro W7170M scores 3,694 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 75.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #673. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 23 fps.