NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q vs ATI Radeon X550 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q and ATI Radeon X550 XT 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.

NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

ATI Radeon X550 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 574 MHz vs 400 MHz
20.1x more texture fill rate: 32.1 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
48x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 128 MB
5.2x more memory clock speed: 3132 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 224
23.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1306 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 24 January 2007
Core clock speed	574 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	444 vs 224
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

224

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1306

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	ATI Radeon X550 XT
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	224
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306	56

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	ATI Radeon X550 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	R400
Code name	GF100	RV410
Launch date	25 July 2011	24 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,489
Place in performance rating	779	782
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	448
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	150.3 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3