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).

AMD FirePro S10000 Passive

NVIDIA Tesla K20c

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	1016
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