NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM vs NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 706 MHz
  • Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 5200 MHz
  • Around 95% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 76.687 vs 39.423
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 November 2015 vs 12 November 2012
Core clock speed 1176 MHz vs 706 MHz
Memory clock speed 7012 MHz vs 5200 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 76.687 vs 39.423

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20c

  • Around 91% higher texture fill rate: 146.8 GTexel / s vs 76.86 GTexel / s
  • 2.4x more pipelines: 2496 vs 1024
  • Around 43% better floating-point performance: 3,524 gflops vs 2,460 gflops
  • Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1427.15 vs 890.785
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.383 vs 28.659
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 146.8 GTexel / s vs 76.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2496 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 3,524 gflops vs 2,460 gflops
Maximum memory size 5 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1427.15 vs 890.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.383 vs 28.659

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla K20c

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
76.687
39.423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
890.785
1427.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.659
64.383
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM NVIDIA Tesla K20c
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 76.687 39.423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 890.785 1427.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.659 64.383
Geekbench - OpenCL 15597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 179.044

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Kepler
Code name GM206 GK110
Launch date 26 November 2015 12 November 2012
Place in performance rating 1002 1005
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $3,199

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1201 MHz
Core clock speed 1176 MHz 706 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,460 gflops 3,524 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1024 2496
Texture fill rate 76.86 GTexel / s 146.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,940 million 7,080 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 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 4 GB 5 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.2 GB / s 208.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 320 Bit
Memory clock speed 7012 MHz 5200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5