NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 732 MHz vs 700 MHz
3.9x more texture fill rate: 164.0 GTexel / s vs 42 billion / sec
5.6x more pipelines: 2688 vs 480
2.9x better floating-point performance: 3,935 gflops vs 1,345.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 235 Watt vs 250 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1536 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4403 vs 4116
Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16664 vs 13144
Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 49.455 vs 34.483
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1666.354 vs 706.104
Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.836 vs 4.245
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 92.472 vs 30.405
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 275.229 vs 106.875
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7038 vs 3320
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7038 vs 3320

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 November 2012 vs 26 March 2010
Core clock speed	732 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	164.0 GTexel / s vs 42 billion / sec
Pipelines	2688 vs 480
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops vs 1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	235 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4403 vs 4116
Geekbench - OpenCL	16664 vs 13144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.455 vs 34.483
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1666.354 vs 706.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.836 vs 4.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	92.472 vs 30.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	275.229 vs 106.875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7038 vs 3320
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7038 vs 3320

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 438 vs 198
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3658 vs 1032
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3658 vs 1032

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	438 vs 198
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3658 vs 1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3658 vs 1032

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4403

4116

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

198

438

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

16664

13144

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

49.455

34.483

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1666.354

706.104

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.836

4.245

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

92.472

30.405

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

275.229

106.875

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1032

3658

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7038

3320

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1032

3658

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7038

3320

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
PassMark - G3D Mark	4403	4116
PassMark - G2D Mark	198	438
Geekbench - OpenCL	16664	13144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.455	34.483
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1666.354	706.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.836	4.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	92.472	30.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	275.229	106.875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1032	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7038	3320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1032	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7038	3320
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5110
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi
Code name	GK110	GF100
Launch date	12 November 2012	26 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,699	$499
Place in performance rating	746	749
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$71.99
Value for money (0-100)		61.35
Technical info
Core clock speed	732 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops	1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2688	480
Texture fill rate	164.0 GTexel / s	42 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	235 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	3,100 million
CUDA cores		480
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way, 3-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	249.6 GB / s	177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
SLI