Tesla K20m vs FirePro D300
Aggregated performance score
Tesla K20m outperforms FirePro D300 by a moderate 14% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 412 | 384 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.23 | 0.25 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | Pitcairn | GK110 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 18 January 2014 (10 years ago) | 5 January 2013 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $3,199 |
| Current price | $260 | $5781 (1.8x MSRP) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
FirePro D300 has 1592% better value for money than Tesla K20m.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1280 | 2496 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 706 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | 7,080 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 225 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 68.00 | 146.8 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,176 gflops | 3,524 gflops |
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 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 242 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 5 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 320 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5080 MHz | 5200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 162.6 GB/s | 208.0 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 4x DisplayPort | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | no data | 3.5 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 10.05 | 11.45 |
| Recency | 18 January 2014 | 5 January 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 5 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 225 Watt |
The Tesla K20m is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D300 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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