Tesla PG500-216 vs ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameRV530GV100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)26 November 2019 (4 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 coresno data5120
Core clock speed590 MHz1260 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1380 MHz
Number of transistors157 million21,100 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)42 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate2.360441.6
Floating-point processing powerno data14.13 TFLOPS
ROPs4128
TMUs4320
Tensor Coresno data640

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 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3HBM2
Maximum RAM amount256 MB32 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed690 MHz1106 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.08 GB/s1,133 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 VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-7.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2007 26 November 2019
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 32 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 42 Watt 250 Watt

ATI X1600 XT has 495.2% lower power consumption.

Tesla PG500-216, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 650% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1600 XT and Tesla PG500-216. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X1600 XT is a desktop card while Tesla PG500-216 is a workstation one.


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