NVIDIA Tesla K20c vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20c and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 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.

NVIDIA Tesla K20c

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 66% higher core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 425 MHz
86.4x more texture fill rate: 146.8 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
20x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 256 MB
8x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 650 MHz

Launch date	12 November 2012 vs 1 April 2004
Core clock speed	706 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 650 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20c
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K20c	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
Geekbench - OpenCL	15597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1427.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	179.044
PassMark - G3D Mark		36
PassMark - G2D Mark		178

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K20c	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Rankine
Code name	GK110	NV36 A1
Launch date	12 November 2012	1 April 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,199	$169.75
Place in performance rating	980	977
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$101.25
Value for money (0-100)		0.44
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	2496
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s	1.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	82 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	208.0 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2