NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 235 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16664 vs 16577
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 49.455 vs 46.352
  • Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1666.354 vs 930.114
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.836 vs 3.656
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 92.472 vs 29.836
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 275.229 vs 97.861
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7038 vs 1673
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7038 vs 1673
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 November 2012 vs 3 May 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 235 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 16664 vs 16577
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.455 vs 46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1666.354 vs 930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.836 vs 3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 92.472 vs 29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 275.229 vs 97.861
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7038 vs 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7038 vs 1673

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 732 MHz
  • Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 234 billion / sec vs 164.0 GTexel / s
  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 2688
  • Around 59% better floating-point performance: 2x 3,130 gflops vs 3,935 gflops
  • Around 16% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5200 MHz
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5489 vs 4403
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 463 vs 198
  • Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1849 vs 1032
  • Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1849 vs 1032
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 915 MHz vs 732 MHz
Texture fill rate 234 billion / sec vs 164.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 1536 vs 2688
Floating-point performance 2x 3,130 gflops vs 3,935 gflops
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 5200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5489 vs 4403
PassMark - G2D Mark 463 vs 198
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1849 vs 1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1849 vs 1032

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4403
5489
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
198
463
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
16664
16577
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
49.455
46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1666.354
930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.836
3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
92.472
29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
275.229
97.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1032
1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7038
1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1032
1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7038
1673
Name NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
PassMark - G3D Mark 4403 5489
PassMark - G2D Mark 198 463
Geekbench - OpenCL 16664 16577
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.455 46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1666.354 930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.836 3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 92.472 29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 275.229 97.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1032 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7038 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1032 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7038 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6875
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Kepler
Code name GK110 GK104
Launch date 12 November 2012 3 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $7,699 $999
Place in performance rating 746 748
Type Workstation Desktop
Price now $999
Value for money (0-100) 7.01

Technical info

Core clock speed 732 MHz 915 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,935 gflops 2x 3,130 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2688 2x 1536
Texture fill rate 164.0 GTexel / s 234 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 235 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million 3,540 million
Boost clock speed 1019 MHz
CUDA cores 3072

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini...
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 11.0" (27.9 cm)
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options Quad
Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bandwidth 249.6 GB / s 384 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA