NVIDIA Tesla K20c vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20c and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M 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 NVS 150M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20c

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 530 MHz
69.2x more texture fill rate: 146.8 GTexel / s vs 2.12 GTexel / s
312x more pipelines: 2496 vs 8
169.4x better floating-point performance: 3,524 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
20x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 256 MB
3.7x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Launch date	12 November 2012 vs 15 August 2008
Core clock speed	706 MHz vs 530 MHz
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s vs 2.12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2496 vs 8
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M

22.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20c
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K20c	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M
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		70
PassMark - G2D Mark		168

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K20c	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK110	G98
Launch date	12 November 2012	15 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,199
Place in performance rating	1006	1008
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	530 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2496	8
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s	2.12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-I
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	208.0 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0