NVIDIA Tesla K10 vs ATI Radeon 9800 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K10 and ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA Tesla K10

ATI Radeon 9800 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K10

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 96% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 380 MHz
97.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.04 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 128 MB
7.4x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 680 MHz

Launch date	1 May 2012 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 380 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.04 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 680 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 PRO

4.8x lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K10
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 PRO

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K10	ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
Geekbench - OpenCL	14029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	40.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	975.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.39
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3632
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3632
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353
PassMark - G3D Mark		66
PassMark - G2D Mark		175

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K10	ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Rage 9
Code name	GK104	R360
Launch date	1 May 2012	1 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,099	$399
Place in performance rating	981	984
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	380 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec	3.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	272 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	21.76 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	680 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR