NVIDIA Tesla K20m vs AMD FirePro W8000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20m and AMD FirePro W8000 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 W8000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20m

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 146.8 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Around 39% higher pipelines: 2496 vs 1792
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 3,524 gflops vs 3,226 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% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4432 vs 4096
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8319 vs 7400
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7337 vs 3717
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 10873 vs 3357
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8319 vs 7400
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7337 vs 3717
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 10873 vs 3357

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2013 vs 14 June 2012
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2496 vs 1792
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4432 vs 4096
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8319 vs 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7337 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	10873 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8319 vs 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7337 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	10873 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 706 MHz
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 5200 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 464 vs 210
5.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82941 vs 14510
Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 64.628 vs 54.89
Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 387.109 vs 250.291

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 706 MHz
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 5200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	464 vs 210
Geekbench - OpenCL	82941 vs 14510
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.628 vs 54.89
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	387.109 vs 250.291

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20m
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4432

4096

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

210

464

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14510

82941

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

54.89

64.628

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

250.291

387.109

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8319

7400

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7337

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10873

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8319

7400

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7337

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10873

3357

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K20m	AMD FirePro W8000
PassMark - G3D Mark	4432	4096
PassMark - G2D Mark	210	464
Geekbench - OpenCL	14510	82941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.89	64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1414.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	83.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	250.291	387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8319	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7337	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	10873	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8319	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7337	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	10873	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K20m	AMD FirePro W8000
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK110	Tahiti
Launch date	5 January 2013	14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,199	$1,599
Place in performance rating	408	409
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops	3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2496	1792
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s	100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort count		4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 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	176 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5