NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 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, 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), 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).

NVIDIA GeForce MX230

NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX230

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 706 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
22.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 16% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5200 MHz

Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 12 November 2012
Core clock speed	1519 MHz vs 706 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 5200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20c

6.5x more pipelines: 2496 vs 384
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15597 vs 6512
Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 39.423 vs 21.591
3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1427.15 vs 445.82
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.128 vs 1.736
Around 99% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.383 vs 32.43
Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 179.044 vs 102.234

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2496 vs 384
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	15597 vs 6512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.423 vs 21.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1427.15 vs 445.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.128 vs 1.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.383 vs 32.43
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	179.044 vs 102.234

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6512

15597

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.591

39.423

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

445.82

1427.15

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.736

4.128

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

32.43

64.383

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

102.234

179.044

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	NVIDIA Tesla K20c
PassMark - G3D Mark	1834
PassMark - G2D Mark	216
Geekbench - OpenCL	6512	15597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	21.591	39.423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	445.82	1427.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.736	4.128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.43	64.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	102.234	179.044
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	NVIDIA Tesla K20c
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Kepler
Code name	GP108	GK110
Launch date	21 February 2019	12 November 2012
Place in performance rating	1013	1016
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,199
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz
Core clock speed	1519 MHz	706 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	2496
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 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 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	64 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	5200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		5 GB
Memory bandwidth		208.0 GB / s