NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB vs AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 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: 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 V100 SXM2 16 GB

AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1312 MHz vs 550 MHz
28.1x more texture fill rate: 438.4 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 5120 vs 480
22.5x better floating-point performance: 14,029 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
22.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16235 vs 708

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 June 2017 vs 7 February 2011
Core clock speed	1312 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	438.4 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	5120 vs 480
Floating-point performance	14,029 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	16235 vs 708

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550A

7.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 609 vs 406

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	609 vs 406

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6550A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16235

708

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

406

609

Name	NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
PassMark - G3D Mark	16235	708
PassMark - G2D Mark	406	609
Geekbench - OpenCL	180318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	500.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	7209.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	41.826
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	73.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1253.829
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 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	135	213
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1530 MHz
Core clock speed	1312 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	14,029 gflops	624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	5120	480
Texture fill rate	438.4 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	None
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