Radeon HD 6450 vs Tesla M2070-Q
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Tesla M2070-Q with Radeon HD 6450, including specs and performance data.
Tesla M2070-Q outperforms HD 6450 by a whopping 562% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 779 | 1282 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.05 | 1.99 |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GF100 | Caicos |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Design | no data | reference |
| Release date | 25 July 2011 (14 years ago) | 7 April 2011 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $5,489 | $55 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Tesla M2070-Q and HD 6450 have a nearly equal value for money.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | 448 | 160 |
| Core clock speed | 574 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 750 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | 370 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 32.14 | 5.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.028 TFLOPS | 0.2 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 4 |
| TMUs | 56 | 8 |
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).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 2.0 x8 |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 248 mm | 168 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 783 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 150.3 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5) |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| Eyefinity | - | + |
| Number of Eyefinity displays | no data | 4 |
| HDMI | - | + |
| DisplayPort support | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| CrossFire | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | DirectX® 11 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
| CUDA | 2.0 | - |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.11 | 0.47 |
| Recency | 25 July 2011 | 7 April 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 1 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 30 Watt |
Tesla M2070-Q has a 561.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 months, and a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.
HD 6450, on the other hand, has 650% lower power consumption.
The Tesla M2070-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6450 in performance tests.
Be aware that Tesla M2070-Q is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 6450 is a desktop one.
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