AMD Wii U GPU vs NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Comparative analysis of AMD Wii U GPU 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 Wii U GPU

NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Wii U GPU

5x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 225 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Around 28% higher core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 550 MHz
16.7x more texture fill rate: 146.8 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
7.8x more pipelines: 2496 vs 320
10x better floating-point performance: 3,524 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.5x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 2 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Core clock speed	706 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2496 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Wii U GPU
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Name	AMD Wii U GPU	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 Wii U GPU	NVIDIA Tesla K20c
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Kepler
Code name	Latte	GK110
Launch date	18 November 2012	12 November 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	1016
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,199
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	706 MHz
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops	3,524 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	2496
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	146.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	880 million	7,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	N / A	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	N / A	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	5 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	208.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	5200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5