NVIDIA Tesla K20m vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20m and NVIDIA GeForce 9800S 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 9800S

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20m

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
7.6x more texture fill rate: 146.8 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
39x more pipelines: 2496 vs 64
18.4x better floating-point performance: 3,524 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
5x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 1 GB
6.5x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 800 MHz
7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4432 vs 636

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2013 vs 15 July 2008
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	2496 vs 64
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4432 vs 636

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

2.1x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 706 MHz
3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 427 vs 210

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 706 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	427 vs 210

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4432

636

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

210

427

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K20m	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
PassMark - G3D Mark	4432	636
PassMark - G2D Mark	210	427
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 9800S
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK110	G94
Launch date	5 January 2013	15 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,199
Place in performance rating	408	343
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2496	64
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s	19.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	VGAHDMISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF + HDA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	208.0 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI