NVIDIA Tesla K20m vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K20m and NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20m

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 550 MHz
66.7x more texture fill rate: 146.8 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
40x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 128 MB
6.4x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 810 MHz
51.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4432 vs 86

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2013 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	706 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 810 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4432 vs 86

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

10.7x lower typical power consumption: 21 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 378 vs 210

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	21 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	378 vs 210

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K20m
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4432

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

210

378

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K20m	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
PassMark - G3D Mark	4432	86
PassMark - G2D Mark	210	378
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 Quadro FX 350
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK110	G72
Launch date	5 January 2013	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,199
Place in performance rating	418	421
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2496
Texture fill rate	146.8 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	21 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	208.0 GB / s	6.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	810 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2