NVIDIA Tesla K20c vs NVIDIA Quadro 5000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20c and NVIDIA Quadro 5000 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

NVIDIA Quadro 5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 513 MHz
6.5x more texture fill rate: 146.8 GTexel / s vs 22.57 GTexel / s
7.1x more pipelines: 2496 vs 352
4.9x better floating-point performance: 3,524 gflops vs 722.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 2560 MB
Around 73% higher memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 3000 MHz
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15597 vs 7468
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 39.423 vs 16.451
2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1427.15 vs 511.131
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.128 vs 1.925
3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.383 vs 17.065
3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 179.044 vs 46.591

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 November 2012 vs 23 February 2011
Core clock speed	706 MHz vs 513 MHz
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s vs 22.57 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2496 vs 352
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops vs 722.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 2560 MB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 3000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	15597 vs 7468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.423 vs 16.451
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1427.15 vs 511.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.128 vs 1.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.383 vs 17.065
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	179.044 vs 46.591

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 5000

Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 152 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	152 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20c
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 5000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

15597

7468

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

39.423

16.451

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1427.15

511.131

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.128

1.925

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

64.383

17.065

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

179.044

46.591

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K20c	NVIDIA Quadro 5000
Geekbench - OpenCL	15597	7468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.423	16.451
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1427.15	511.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.128	1.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.383	17.065
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	179.044	46.591
PassMark - G3D Mark		1932
PassMark - G2D Mark		385
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2602
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2602
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3316

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K20c	NVIDIA Quadro 5000
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi
Code name	GK110	GF100
Launch date	12 November 2012	23 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,199	$2,499
Place in performance rating	976	978
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$268
Value for money (0-100)		12.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	513 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops	722.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2496	352
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s	22.57 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	152 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	3,100 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	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	2560 MB
Memory bandwidth	208.0 GB / s	120.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	3000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5