Radeon RX 550 mobile vs Tesla C2070

In this comparison between Radeon RX 550 mobile 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 RX 550 mobile will be the best choice, for others Tesla C2070 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Radeon RX 550 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 550 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon RX 550 mobile here:

Main Specs

  Radeon RX 550 mobile Tesla C2070
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 238 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI
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  • Tesla C2070 has 376% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 550 mobile.
  • Radeon RX 550 mobile is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Tesla C2070 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla C2070 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 550 mobile.
  • Radeon RX 550 mobile is used in Laptops, and Tesla C2070 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon RX 550 mobile is build with Polaris architecture, and Tesla C2070 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 713 MHz higher, than Tesla C2070.
  • Radeon RX 550 mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Tesla C2070 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 3012 MHz higher, than Tesla C2070.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 16−18
ultra / 1080p 10−12 9−10
QHD / 1440p 5−6 3−4
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 30−35
medium / 1080p 24−27 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 11% more, than Tesla C2070.

Full Specs

  Radeon RX 550 mobile Tesla C2070
Architecture Polaris Fermi
Code name Polaris 12 GF100
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 21 March 2017 25 July 2011
Pipelines 640 448
Core clock speed 1287 MHz 574 MHz
Boost Clock 1476 MHz
Transistor count 2,200 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 51.48 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,647 gflops 1,030.4 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 143.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 2.0
FreeSync +
Laptop size large
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