Radeon R7 Graphics vs Tesla K20X
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | GK110 | Spectre |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 12 November 2012 (13 years ago) | 11 January 2014 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $7,699 | no data |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2688 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 732 MHz | 720 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 836 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,080 million | 2,410 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 235 Watt | 25 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 164.0 | 23.04 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.935 TFLOPS | 0.7373 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 8 |
| TMUs | 224 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 224 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 1536 KB | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | IGP |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1300 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 249.6 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | Motherboard Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.170 |
| CUDA | 3.5 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 November 2012 | 11 January 2014 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 235 Watt | 25 Watt |
R7 Graphics has an age advantage of 1 year, and 89% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Tesla K20X and Radeon R7 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla K20X is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 Graphics is a desktop one.
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