NVIDIA Tesla C2070 vs ATI Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla C2070 and ATI Radeon HD 4550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Tesla C2070

ATI Radeon HD 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C2070

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
6.7x more texture fill rate: 32.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
5.6x more pipelines: 448 vs 80
10.7x better floating-point performance: 1,030.4 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 256 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 1310 MHz
13.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3121 vs 236
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 462 vs 429
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 558
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 558

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 30 September 2008
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 80
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 1310 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3121 vs 236
PassMark - G2D Mark	462 vs 429
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 558

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4550

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 575 MHz
9.5x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 238 Watt

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 575 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 238 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla C2070
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3121

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

462

429

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

558

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

558

Name	NVIDIA Tesla C2070	ATI Radeon HD 4550
PassMark - G3D Mark	3121	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	462	429
Geekbench - OpenCL	9716
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	26.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	908.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.015
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	43.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	93.344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	558
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	558

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla C2070	ATI Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	RV710
Launch date	25 July 2011	30 September 2008
Place in performance rating	757	759
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$59
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	448	80
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	238 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB / s	10.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	1310 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2