NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm and ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 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, 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

ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 732 MHz vs 475 MHz
86.3x more texture fill rate: 164.0 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
224x more pipelines: 2688 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 256 MB
6.5x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 800 MHz
41.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4403 vs 105

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 November 2012 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	732 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	164.0 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2688 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4403 vs 105

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 228 vs 198

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	228 vs 198

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4403

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

198

228

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
PassMark - G3D Mark	4403	105
PassMark - G2D Mark	198	228
Geekbench - OpenCL	16664
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1032
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7038

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK110	M66
Launch date	12 November 2012	1 February 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,699
Place in performance rating	746	761
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	732 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2688	12
Texture fill rate	164.0 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	235 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	157 million
Boost clock speed		475 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	249.6 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0