NVIDIA Tesla K20m vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20m and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20m

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.4x more texture fill rate: 146.8 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
19.5x more pipelines: 2496 vs 128
8.2x better floating-point performance: 3,524 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
10x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 512 MB
4.7x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
5.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4432 vs 769

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2013 vs 28 March 2008
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	2496 vs 128
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4432 vs 769

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

2.4x more core clock speed: 1688 MHz vs 706 MHz
Around 61% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 366 vs 210

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1688 MHz vs 706 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	366 vs 210

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20m
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4432

769

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

210

366

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K20m	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	4432	769
PassMark - G2D Mark	210	366
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	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK110	G92
Launch date	5 January 2013	28 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,199	$299
Place in performance rating	408	404
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	1688 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops	432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2496	128
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s	43.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	208.0 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI