NVIDIA Tesla K20c vs AMD FirePro V4900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20c and AMD FirePro V4900 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 V4900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
7.6x more texture fill rate: 146.8 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
5.2x more pipelines: 2496 vs 480
4.6x better floating-point performance: 3,524 gflops vs 768.0 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 30% higher memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 4000 MHz
8.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15597 vs 1927
6.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 39.423 vs 6.303
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1427.15 vs 392.237
6.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.128 vs 0.597
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.383 vs 17.874
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 179.044 vs 72.818

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 November 2012 vs 1 November 2011
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2496 vs 480
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	15597 vs 1927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.423 vs 6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1427.15 vs 392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.128 vs 0.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.383 vs 17.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	179.044 vs 72.818

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V4900

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 706 MHz
3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt

Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 706 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20c
GPU 2: AMD FirePro V4900

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

15597

1927

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

39.423

6.303

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1427.15

392.237

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.128

0.597

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

64.383

17.874

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

179.044

72.818

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K20c	AMD FirePro V4900
Geekbench - OpenCL	15597	1927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.423	6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1427.15	392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.128	0.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.383	17.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	179.044	72.818
PassMark - G3D Mark		1006
PassMark - G2D Mark		320
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		7745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		7745

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K20c	AMD FirePro V4900
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK110	Turks
Launch date	12 November 2012	1 November 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,199
Place in performance rating	955	957
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops	768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2496	480
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	163 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
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	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5