NVIDIA Tesla K20c vs NVIDIA Tesla K10

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20c and NVIDIA Tesla K10 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20c

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 5000 MHz
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15597 vs 14029
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1427.15 vs 975.508
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.128 vs 3.39
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 November 2012 vs 1 May 2012
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 15597 vs 14029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1427.15 vs 975.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.128 vs 3.39

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K10

  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 706 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 146.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 23% higher pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 2496
  • Around 30% better floating-point performance: 2x 2,289 gflops vs 3,524 gflops
  • Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 5 GB
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.736 vs 39.423
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 745 MHz vs 706 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 146.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 1536 vs 2496
Floating-point performance 2x 2,289 gflops vs 3,524 gflops
Maximum memory size 2x 4 GB vs 5 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 40.736 vs 39.423

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20c
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla K10

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
15597
14029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
39.423
40.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1427.15
975.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.128
3.39
Name NVIDIA Tesla K20c NVIDIA Tesla K10
Geekbench - OpenCL 15597 14029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 39.423 40.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1427.15 975.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.128 3.39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 179.044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3632
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3632
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla K20c NVIDIA Tesla K10

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Kepler
Code name GK110 GK104
Launch date 12 November 2012 1 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $3,199 $5,099
Place in performance rating 976 977
Type Workstation Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 706 MHz 745 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,524 gflops 2x 2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2496 2x 1536
Texture fill rate 146.8 GTexel / s 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 272 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 208.0 GB / s 2x 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 320 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5