AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient vs NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
6.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 225 Watt

Launch date	23 April 2018 vs 12 November 2012
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 225 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20c

2.4x more core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 39.423 vs 26.039
8.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1427.15 vs 176.928
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.128 vs 1.666
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.383 vs 27.603
Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 179.044 vs 135.437

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	706 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.423 vs 26.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1427.15 vs 176.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.128 vs 1.666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.383 vs 27.603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	179.044 vs 135.437

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla K20c

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26.039

39.423

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

176.928

1427.15

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.666

4.128

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27.603

64.383

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

135.437

179.044

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient	NVIDIA Tesla K20c
PassMark - G3D Mark	1894
PassMark - G2D Mark	355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	26.039	39.423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	176.928	1427.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.666	4.128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.603	64.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	135.437	179.044
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2408
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2408
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	862
Geekbench - OpenCL		15597

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient	NVIDIA Tesla K20c
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Kepler
Code name	Raven	GK110
Launch date	23 April 2018	12 November 2012
Place in performance rating	973	976
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,199
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	706 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million	7,080 million
Floating-point performance		3,524 gflops
Pipelines		2496
Texture fill rate		146.8 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	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