AMD FirePro S10000 Passive vs NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S10000 Passive and NVIDIA Tesla K20c videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S10000 Passive

  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 706 MHz
  • 14.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 146.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 44% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2496
  • Around 93% better floating-point performance: 2x 3,405 gflops vs 3,524 gflops
  • Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 5 GB
Core clock speed 825 MHz vs 706 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 146.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3584 vs 2496
Floating-point performance 2x 3,405 gflops vs 3,524 gflops
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 5 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20c

  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 750 Watt
  • Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt vs 750 Watt
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S10000 Passive
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Name AMD FirePro S10000 Passive NVIDIA Tesla K20c
Geekbench - OpenCL 15597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 39.423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1427.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 179.044

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro S10000 Passive NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Tahiti GK110
Launch date 12 November 2012 12 November 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $3,599 $3,199
Place in performance rating not rated 1005
Type Workstation Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 950 MHz
Core clock speed 825 MHz 706 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 3,405 gflops 3,524 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 3584 2496
Texture fill rate 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec 146.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 750 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million 7,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 305 mm 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 5 GB
Memory bandwidth 480 GB / s 208.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 384 Bit 320 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 5200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

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