Tesla D870 vs Radeon HD 6550D

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1099not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.10no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameSumoG80
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date20 June 2011 (13 years ago)2 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,499

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 cores400128
Core clock speed600 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million681 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt520 Watt
Texture fill rate12.0038.40
Floating-point processing power0.48 TFLOPS0.3456 TFLOPS
ROPs824
TMUs2032

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 1.0 x16
WidthIGP2-slot

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1536 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared384 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

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-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2011 2 May 2007
Chip lithography 32 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 520 Watt

HD 6550D has an age advantage of 4 years, a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 700% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6550D and Tesla D870. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6550D is a desktop card while Tesla D870 is a workstation one.


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