NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 732 MHz vs 350 MHz
29.3x more texture fill rate: 164.0 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 256 MB
7.4x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 700 MHz
20.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2918 vs 142

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 November 2012 vs 14 April 2004
Core clock speed	732 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	164.0 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2918 vs 142

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

3.5x lower typical power consumption: 67 Watt vs 235 Watt
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 172

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	67 Watt vs 235 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	212 vs 172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2918

142

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

212

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2918	142
PassMark - G2D Mark	172	212
Geekbench - OpenCL	17075
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	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK110	NV40 A1
Launch date	12 November 2012	14 April 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,699
Place in performance rating	804	807
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	732 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	2688
Texture fill rate	164.0 GTexel / s	5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	235 Watt	67 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	222 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	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	249.6 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3