Tesla T10 Processor vs ATI Radeon HD 5550

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1111not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.73no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameRedwoodGT200B
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date9 February 2010 (14 years ago)9 April 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores320240
Core clock speed550 MHz610 MHz
Number of transistors627 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)39 Watt188 Watt
Texture fill rate8.80048.80
Floating-point processing power0.352 TFLOPS0.6221 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs1680

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length165 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s102.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGANo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 February 2010 9 April 2009
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 39 Watt 188 Watt

ATI HD 5550 has an age advantage of 10 months, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 382.1% lower power consumption.

Tesla T10 Processor, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 5550 and Tesla T10 Processor. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 5550 is a desktop card while Tesla T10 Processor is a workstation one.


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