NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm vs ATI Radeon HD 4250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm and ATI Radeon HD 4250 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher core clock speed: 732 MHz vs 594 MHz
  • 69x more texture fill rate: 164.0 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
  • 67.2x more pipelines: 2688 vs 40
  • 82.8x better floating-point performance: 3,935 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
  • 6.6x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 792 MHz
  • 23.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2918 vs 123
  • 9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7038 vs 782
  • 9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7038 vs 782
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 November 2012 vs 25 February 2009
Core clock speed 732 MHz vs 594 MHz
Texture fill rate 164.0 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2688 vs 40
Floating-point performance 3,935 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz vs 792 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2918 vs 123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7038 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7038 vs 782

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4250

  • 9.4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 235 Watt
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 408 vs 172
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 235 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 408 vs 172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4250

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2918
123
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
172
408
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7038
782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7038
782
Name NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm ATI Radeon HD 4250
PassMark - G3D Mark 2918 123
PassMark - G2D Mark 172 408
Geekbench - OpenCL 16023
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 782
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1032
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7038 782

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm ATI Radeon HD 4250

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale
Code name GK110 RV620
Launch date 12 November 2012 25 February 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $7,699
Place in performance rating 791 793
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 732 MHz 594 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,935 gflops 47.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 2688 40
Texture fill rate 164.0 GTexel / s 2.376 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 235 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million 181 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 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 249.6 GB / s 6.34 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz 792 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory yes

Technologies

HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0