NVIDIA Tesla K20c videocard review

NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Tesla K20c videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 12 November 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $3,199. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Kepler microarchitecture codenamed GK110.

Core clock speed - 706 MHz. Texture fill rate - 146.8 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 2496. Floating-point performance - 3,524 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 7,080 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 225 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 5 GB. Memory bus width - 320 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5200 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 208.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
344816
15597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
39.423 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1427.150 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
4.128 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
64.383 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
179.044 mHash/s
Name Value
Geekbench - OpenCL 15597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 39.423 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1427.150 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 4.128 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 64.383 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 179.044 mHash/s

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Kepler
Code name GK110
Launch date 12 November 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $3,199
Place in performance rating 1006
Type Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 706 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,524 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 2496
Texture fill rate 146.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 5 GB
Memory bandwidth 208.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 320 Bit
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5