NVIDIA Tesla K20c vs AMD FirePro M5950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20c and AMD FirePro M5950 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Tesla K20c

AMD FirePro M5950

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
8.4x more texture fill rate: 146.8 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
5.2x more pipelines: 2496 vs 480
5.1x better floating-point performance: 3,524 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
5x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 1 GB
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 3600 MHz
13.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15597 vs 1135
32.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 39.423 vs 1.199
4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1427.15 vs 323.699
7.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.128 vs 0.535
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.383 vs 16.137
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 179.044 vs 66.638

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 November 2012 vs 4 January 2011
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2496 vs 480
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	15597 vs 1135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.423 vs 1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1427.15 vs 323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.128 vs 0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.383 vs 16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	179.044 vs 66.638

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5950

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 706 MHz
6.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 225 Watt

Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 706 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20c
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M5950

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

15597

1135

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

39.423

1.199

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1427.15

323.699

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.128

0.535

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

64.383

16.137

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

179.044

66.638

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K20c	AMD FirePro M5950
Geekbench - OpenCL	15597	1135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.423	1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1427.15	323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.128	0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.383	16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	179.044	66.638
PassMark - G3D Mark		1314
PassMark - G2D Mark		574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K20c	AMD FirePro M5950
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK110	Whistler
Launch date	12 November 2012	4 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,199
Place in performance rating	1005	1006
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2496	480
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s	17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		n / a
Form factor		MXM-A
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	208.0 GB / s	57 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0