Tesla K20c vs FirePro W9000
Aggregate performance score
We've compared FirePro W9000 and Tesla K20c, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
W9000 outperforms Tesla K20c by an impressive 84% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 338 | 488 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.94 | 0.34 |
| Power efficiency | 4.26 | 2.91 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | GK110 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 14 June 2012 (12 years ago) | 12 November 2012 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,999 | $3,199 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
FirePro W9000 has 176% better value for money than Tesla K20c.
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2048 | 2496 |
| Core clock speed | 975 MHz | 706 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 7,080 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 225 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 124.8 | 146.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.994 TFLOPS | 3.524 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 40 |
| TMUs | 128 | 208 |
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).
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 279 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 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 | 6 GB | 5 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 320 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 264 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 | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI | No outputs |
| StereoOutput3D | + | - |
| Dual-link DVI support | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D 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 | - | 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 | 15.92 | 8.66 |
| Recency | 14 June 2012 | 12 November 2012 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 5 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 225 Watt |
FirePro W9000 has a 83.8% higher aggregate performance score, and a 20% higher maximum VRAM amount.
Tesla K20c, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and 55.6% lower power consumption.
The FirePro W9000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K20c in performance tests.
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