NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q vs ATI Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

ATI Radeon HD 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
6.7x more texture fill rate: 32.1 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
5.6x more pipelines: 448 vs 80
10.7x better floating-point performance: 1,027.7 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
2.4x more memory clock speed: 3132 MHz vs 1310 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 429
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1306 vs 236

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 30 September 2008
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 80
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz vs 1310 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	444 vs 429
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306 vs 236

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4550

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 574 MHz
9x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 225 Watt

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 574 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

429

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1306

236

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	ATI Radeon HD 4550
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	917.512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	93.533
PassMark - G2D Mark	444	429
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306	236
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		558

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	ATI Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	RV710
Launch date	25 July 2011	30 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,489	$59
Place in performance rating	769	772
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	448	80
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	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 6-pin + 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	150.3 GB / s	10.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz	1310 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2