NVIDIA Tesla K20m vs AMD FirePro S7000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20m and AMD FirePro S7000 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 - 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 K20m

AMD FirePro S7000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20m

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 146.8 GTexel / s vs 76 GTexel / s
Around 95% higher pipelines: 2496 vs 1280
Around 45% better floating-point performance: 3,524 gflops vs 2,432 gflops
Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 4 GB
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.89 vs 52.282
Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1414.755 vs 1275.287
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 83.807 vs 66.159

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2013 vs 27 August 2012
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s vs 76 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2496 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops vs 2,432 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.89 vs 52.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1414.755 vs 1275.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	83.807 vs 66.159

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7000

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 706 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4524 vs 4432
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 705 vs 210
Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.886 vs 5.303
Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 271.967 vs 250.291

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 706 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4524 vs 4432
PassMark - G2D Mark	705 vs 210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.886 vs 5.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	271.967 vs 250.291

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20m
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S7000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4432

4524

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

210

705

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

54.89

52.282

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1414.755

1275.287

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.303

5.886

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

83.807

66.159

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

250.291

271.967

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K20m	AMD FirePro S7000
PassMark - G3D Mark	4432	4524
PassMark - G2D Mark	210	705
Geekbench - OpenCL	16085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.89	52.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1414.755	1275.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.303	5.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	83.807	66.159
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	250.291	271.967
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	10873
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	10873

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K20m	AMD FirePro S7000
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK110	Pitcairn
Launch date	5 January 2013	27 August 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,199	$1,249
Place in performance rating	414	415
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	950 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops	2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2496	1280
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s	76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		1
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	292 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	208.0 GB / s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5