Radeon HD 6550A vs Tesla C2070

In this comparison between Radeon HD 6550A and Tesla C2070 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Radeon HD 6550A will be the best choice, for others Tesla C2070 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.
Radeon HD 6550A
Tesla C2070

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6550A Tesla C2070
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 238 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI
 
  • Tesla C2070 has 580% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Radeon HD 6550A is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Tesla C2070 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla C2070 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6550A is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Tesla C2070 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Tesla C2070 is 24 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Radeon HD 6550A and Tesla C2070 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla C2070 is 1388 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 16−18
ultra / 1080p 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 1−2 30−35
medium / 1080p 0−1 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla C2070 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3100% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6550A Tesla C2070
Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name Pinewood GF100
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 7 February 2011 25 July 2011
Pipelines 480 448
Core clock speed 550 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 627 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 13.20 32.14
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops 1,030.4 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s 143.4 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.0