NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB vs AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB and AMD Radeon HD 6550A 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB

AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1246 MHz vs 550 MHz
28.3x more texture fill rate: 441.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 5120 vs 480
22.6x better floating-point performance: 14,131 gflops vs 624.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1752 MHz vs 1600 MHz
17.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12328 vs 708

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 June 2017 vs 7 February 2011
Core clock speed	1246 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	441.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	5120 vs 480
Floating-point performance	14,131 gflops vs 624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12328 vs 708

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550A

7.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 609 vs 484

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	609 vs 484

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6550A

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

484

609

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12328

708

Name	NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Geekbench - OpenCL	170259
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11451
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11451
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3198
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3198
PassMark - G2D Mark	484	609
PassMark - G3D Mark	12328	708

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Essentials
Architecture	Volta	TeraScale 2
Code name	GV100	Pinewood
Launch date	21 June 2017	7 February 2011
Place in performance rating	220	218
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1380 MHz
Core clock speed	1246 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	14,131 gflops	624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	5120	480
Texture fill rate	441.6 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	21,100 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	897.0 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	DDR3