Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

Intel Iris Graphics 550

NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
15x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 225 Watt

Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 12 November 2012
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 225 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20c

2.4x more core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 300 MHz
52x more pipelines: 2496 vs 48
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15597 vs 6954

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	706 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	2496 vs 48
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	15597 vs 6954

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6954

15597

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 550	NVIDIA Tesla K20c
PassMark - G3D Mark	1439
PassMark - G2D Mark	305
Geekbench - OpenCL	6954	15597
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3157
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)

	Intel Iris Graphics 550	NVIDIA Tesla K20c
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Kepler
Code name	Skylake GT3e	GK110
Launch date	1 September 2015	12 November 2012
Place in performance rating	952	955
Type	Laptop	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
Pipelines	48	2496
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	7,080 million
Floating-point performance		3,524 gflops
Texture fill rate		146.8 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory type	eDRAM	GDDR5
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		5 GB
Memory bandwidth		208.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		320 Bit
Memory clock speed		5200 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync