AMD FirePro W4300 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Comparison

The AMD FirePro W4300 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 are both end-of-life products, but they serve very different purposes. Benchmark data from the database shows the GTX 1070 wins the only direct head-to-head test, the Geekbench OpenCL benchmark, by a massive 74.9% margin. However, the FirePro W4300 holds a 50th percentile ranking among all GPUs, while the GTX 1070 sits at the 47th percentile. These two cards are not direct competitors; the FirePro W4300 is a low-power, single-slot professional card from 2015, while the GTX 1070 is a dual-slot consumer gaming card from 2016. The data suggests that the GTX 1070 is the clear choice for raw compute and graphics performance, while the FirePro W4300 makes sense only for specific constrained environments.

The Verdict

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is the decisive winner based on the recorded measurements. In the only shared benchmark, Geekbench OpenCL, the GTX 1070 scores 44,700, which is 74.9% ahead of the AMD FirePro W4300’s 11,225. That is not a close race by any standard.

The GTX 1070 also offers far more hardware resources. It has 1,920 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs, compared to the FirePro W4300’s 768 shading units, 48 TMUs, and 16 ROPs. Its FP32 compute rating is 6.463 TFLOPS versus 1,428.5 GFLOPS for the AMD card. Memory is also doubled: 8 GB versus 4 GB, with a 256-bit bus versus a 128-bit bus, and bandwidth of 256.3 GB/s versus 96.00 GB/s.

Who should pick which? If the workload is general compute, rendering, or any modern gaming task, the GTX 1070 is the only rational choice from this data. Its average benchmark score across all tests is 9,780, but the Geekbench OpenCL score alone (44,700) dwarfs the FirePro W4300’s entire benchmark profile. The FirePro W4300, however, has a single benchmark score of 11,225 and a 50th percentile ranking, which is actually higher than the GTX 1070’s 47th percentile. This suggests the FirePro W4300 might be placed in a system where its 50 W TDP, single-slot design, and lack of external power connectors are critical constraints.

The GTX 1070 requires a 150 W TDP, a dual-slot cooler, one 8-pin power connector, and a 450 W suggested PSU. The FirePro W4300 needs only a 250 W suggested PSU and no extra power connectors. For a workstation with strict power and space limits, the FirePro W4300 is the only one of the two that fits. For any other use case, the GTX 1070 dominates.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in the Geekbench OpenCL benchmark?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 scores 44,700, which is 74.9% higher than the AMD FirePro W4300’s 11,225.

Q: How do their memory configurations compare?

A: The GTX 1070 has 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus with 256.3 GB/s bandwidth. The FirePro W4300 has 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus with 96.00 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What are the power requirements for each card?

A: The FirePro W4300 has a 50 W TDP and needs no power connectors, with a 250 W suggested PSU. The GTX 1070 has a 150 W TDP, requires one 8-pin power connector, and a 450 W suggested PSU.

Q: How do their physical dimensions differ?

A: The FirePro W4300 is 171 mm long and 69 mm high, single-slot. The GTX 1070 is 267 mm long, 112 mm high, and 40 mm wide, dual-slot.

Q: Which card has better API support?

A: The GTX 1070 supports DirectX 12 (12_1) and Vulkan 1.4, while the FirePro W4300 supports DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.2.170. Both support OpenGL 4.6.

Q: What is the average benchmark score for each card?

A: The GTX 1070’s average benchmark score is 9,780, while the FirePro W4300’s average is 11,225 (based on its single recorded test).

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from completely different architectural generations and design philosophies.

The AMD FirePro W4300 is built on the Bonaire chip using GCN 2.0 architecture, manufactured on a 28 nm process at TSMC. It contains 2,080 million transistors on a 160 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 13.0 million per mm². The card was released in late 2015 as part of the FirePro GCN (Wx300) generation. Its predecessor is FirePro Terascale and its successor is Radeon Pro GCN.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 uses the GP104 chip with Pascal architecture, also fabricated by TSMC but on a 16 nm process. It packs 7,200 million transistors onto a 314 mm² die, achieving a transistor density of 22.9 million per mm². It launched in mid-2016 as part of the GeForce 10-series, succeeding the GeForce 900 and preceding GeForce 20.

The architectural gap is substantial. The GTX 1070 has 2.5 times the shading units (1,920 versus 768), 2.5 times the TMUs (120 versus 48), and 4 times the ROPs (64 versus 16). The Pascal architecture also supports a higher DirectX feature level (12_1 versus 12_0) and a newer Vulkan version (1.4 versus 1.2.170). The GTX 1070 has a 1:64 FP16 ratio at 101.0 GFLOPS, while the FirePro W4300 has no recorded FP16 capability.

The FirePro W4300’s GCN 2.0 architecture is older and designed for professional workstation tasks, but the data does not show any professional-specific benchmark wins. In fact, the only recorded benchmark for the FirePro W4300 is the Geekbench OpenCL test, where it trails the GTX 1070 by 74.9%. The GTX 1070 has a much larger and more modern architecture, which translates directly into higher performance across every measured metric.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every specification field. The most impactful differences are:

• Process node: 28 nm (FirePro W4300) versus 16 nm (GTX 1070)
• Transistors: 2,080 million versus 7,200 million
• Die size: 160 mm² versus 314 mm²
• Transistor density: 13.0M / mm² versus 22.9M / mm²
• Base clock: No listed base clock for the FirePro W4300 versus 1506 MHz for the GTX 1070
• Boost clock: No listed boost clock for the FirePro W4300 versus 1683 MHz for the GTX 1070
• Memory clock: 1500 MHz (6 Gbps effective) versus 2002 MHz (8 Gbps effective)
• Memory size: 4 GB versus 8 GB
• Memory bus: 128 bit versus 256 bit
• Memory bandwidth: 96.00 GB/s versus 256.3 GB/s
• Shading units: 768 versus 1,920
• TMUs: 48 versus 120
• ROPs: 16 versus 64
• Pixel rate: 14.88 GPixel/s versus 107.7 GPixel/s
• Texture rate: 44.64 GTexel/s versus 202.0 GTexel/s
• FP32: 1,428.5 GFLOPS versus 6.463 TFLOPS
• FP16: Not listed versus 101.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
• TDP: 50 W versus 150 W
• Slot width: Single-slot versus dual-slot
• Power connectors: None versus 1x 8-pin
• Suggested PSU: 250 W versus 450 W
• Display outputs: 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 versus 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 69 mm versus 267 mm x 112 mm x 40 mm
• Vulkan support: 1.2.170 versus 1.4
• DirectX support: 12 (12_0) versus 12 (12_1)
• Launch MSRP: The GTX 1070 had a launch MSRP of 379 USD. The FirePro W4300 has no recorded launch MSRP.

The GTX 1070 wins on every performance-oriented specification. The FirePro W4300 only leads in power efficiency (50 W TDP versus 150 W) and physical footprint (single-slot versus dual-slot).

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains one direct head-to-head benchmark between these two cards: Geekbench OpenCL.

• Geekbench OpenCL: The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 scores 44,700, while the AMD FirePro W4300 scores 11,225. The delta is 74.9% in favor of the GTX 1070.

That single result is telling. The GTX 1070’s OpenCL score is nearly four times the FirePro W4300’s score. The FirePro W4300’s score of 11,225 places it at the 50th percentile of all GPUs in the database. The GTX 1070, despite its much higher raw score, sits at the 47th percentile, which reflects the broad distribution of scores across all recorded GPUs.

The GTX 1070 also has a wider benchmark portfolio. It has recorded scores for 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 (1,082), Geekbench Metal (18,801), Geekbench Vulkan (22,121), Passmark DirectX 10 (82), Passmark DirectX 11 (100), Passmark DirectX 12 (48), Passmark DirectX 9 (197), Passmark G2D (846), Passmark G3D (13,498), and Passmark GPU Compute (6,102). The FirePro W4300 has only the single Geekbench OpenCL result.

The GTX 1070’s average benchmark score is 9,780, which is lower than its headline OpenCL score due to the inclusion of many lower Passmark scores. The FirePro W4300’s average is 11,225, equal to its only score. Even with that averaging effect, the GTX 1070’s OpenCL dominance is the strongest signal in the data.

The nearest rivals for the FirePro W4300 are the AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 (11,228, 0% delta), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M (11,261, -0.3% delta), NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q (11,088, 1.2% delta), and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000D Blackwell Max-Q (11,088, 1.2% delta). The GTX 1070’s nearest rivals are the AMD FirePro W5000 (9,803, -0.2% delta), NVIDIA Quadro M2000M (9,832, -0.5% delta), NVIDIA Tesla M10 (9,724, 0.6% delta), and NVIDIA Tesla C2070 (9,716, 0.7% delta). These rivalries confirm that the FirePro W4300 and GTX 1070 occupy different performance tiers despite their similar percentile rankings.

Where Each One Wins

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 wins in every measurable performance category. It is ahead in FP32 compute (6.463 TFLOPS versus 1,428.5 GFLOPS), pixel rate (107.7 GPixel/s versus 14.88 GPixel/s), texture rate (202.0 GTexel/s versus 44.64 GTexel/s), memory bandwidth (256.3 GB/s versus 96.00 GB/s), and memory capacity (8 GB versus 4 GB). Its OpenCL score is 74.9% higher. It also supports more display outputs (1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a versus 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2) and a newer version of Vulkan (1.4 versus 1.2.170).

The AMD FirePro W4300 wins in power efficiency and physical design. Its 50 W TDP is one-third of the GTX 1070’s 150 W. It requires no external power connectors, while the GTX 1070 needs one 8-pin connector. Its suggested PSU is 250 W, compared to 450 W for the GTX 1070. It is single-slot, 171 mm long, and 69 mm high, making it far smaller than the GTX 1070’s dual-slot 267 mm x 112 mm x 40 mm footprint.

For a user building a compact workstation with a low-wattage power supply and no room for a dual-slot card, the FirePro W4300 is the only viable option between these two. The data shows no performance advantage for the FirePro W4300, but its form factor and power draw are unique advantages. For any workload where performance matters, the GTX 1070 is the clear winner, with a 74.9% lead in the only direct benchmark comparison and superior specifications across the board. The GTX 1070 also has a higher transistor density (22.9M / mm² versus 13.0M / mm²) and a newer process node (16 nm versus 28 nm), which explains its efficiency at higher performance levels. The verdict is straightforward: the GTX 1070 for performance, the FirePro W4300 only for constrained physical or power envelopes.