NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm vs AMD Radeon HD 7450M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm and AMD Radeon HD 7450M 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm

AMD Radeon HD 7450M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 732 MHz vs 700 MHz
29.3x more texture fill rate: 164.0 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
16.8x more pipelines: 2688 vs 160
17.6x better floating-point performance: 3,935 gflops vs 224.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 1800 MHz
8.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2918 vs 330
34.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16581 vs 476
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7038 vs 3493
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7038 vs 3493

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 November 2012 vs 7 January 2012
Core clock speed	732 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	164.0 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2688 vs 160
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops vs 224.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2918 vs 330
Geekbench - OpenCL	16581 vs 476
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7038 vs 3493
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7038 vs 3493

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450M

33.6x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 235 Watt
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 441 vs 172
Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1832 vs 1032
Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1832 vs 1032

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt vs 235 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	441 vs 172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1832 vs 1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1832 vs 1032

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7450M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2918

330

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

441

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

16581

476

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1032

1832

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7038

3493

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1032

1832

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7038

3493

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm	AMD Radeon HD 7450M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2918	330
PassMark - G2D Mark	172	441
Geekbench - OpenCL	16581	476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1666.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	92.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	275.229
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1032	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7038	3493
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1032	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7038	3493

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm	AMD Radeon HD 7450M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK110	Seymour
Launch date	12 November 2012	7 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,699
Place in performance rating	808	809
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	732 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops	224.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2688	160
Texture fill rate	164.0 GTexel / s	5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	235 Watt	7 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	249.6 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0