NVIDIA Tesla K20m vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20m and ATI FireGL V8650 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20m

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 688 MHz
  • 13.3x more texture fill rate: 146.8 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
  • 7.8x more pipelines: 2496 vs 320
  • 8x better floating-point performance: 3,524 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2.5x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 2 GB
  • 3x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 1736 MHz
  • 8.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4432 vs 550
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 10873 vs 3357
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 10873 vs 3357
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 January 2013 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed 706 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate 146.8 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2496 vs 320
Floating-point performance 3,524 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 5 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4432 vs 550
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10873 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10873 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 210
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 637 vs 210

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20m
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4432
550
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
210
637
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10873
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10873
3357
Name NVIDIA Tesla K20m ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G3D Mark 4432 550
PassMark - G2D Mark 210 637
Geekbench - OpenCL 14510
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.89
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10873 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10873 3357

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla K20m ATI FireGL V8650

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale
Code name GK110 R600
Launch date 5 January 2013 14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $3,199 $2,799
Place in performance rating 408 405
Type Workstation Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 706 MHz 688 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,524 gflops 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 2496 320
Texture fill rate 146.8 GTexel / s 11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million 720 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 267 mm 254 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 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 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 208.0 GB / s 111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width 320 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz 1736 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR4