NVIDIA Tesla K20m vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20m and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v 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

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20m

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 550 MHz
33.4x more texture fill rate: 146.8 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
31.2x more pipelines: 2496 vs 80
40x better floating-point performance: 3,524 gflops vs 88 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
10x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 512 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 1600 MHz
23.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4432 vs 188

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2013 vs 5 May 2010
Core clock speed	706 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2496 vs 80
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops vs 88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4432 vs 188

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

15x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 382 vs 210

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	382 vs 210

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20m
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4432

188

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

210

382

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K20m	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
PassMark - G3D Mark	4432	188
PassMark - G2D Mark	210	382
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
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	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK110	M92
Launch date	5 January 2013	5 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,199
Place in performance rating	418	415
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops	88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2496	80
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	208.0 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2
Shared memory		0