Tesla K20m vs Quadro K5000

Place in performance ranking	405	382
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	3.96	0.25
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GK104	GK110
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	17 August 2012 (11 years ago)	5 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499	$3,199
Current price	$289 (0.1x MSRP)	$5781 (1.8x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K5000 has 1484% better value for money than Tesla K20m.

Technical specs

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	1536	2496
Core clock speed	706 MHz	706 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	90.37	146.8
Floating-point performance	2,169 gflops	3,524 gflops

Size and 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 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

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	4 GB	5 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	5200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	172.8 GB/s	208.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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

2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

No outputs

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
CUDA	3.0	3.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro K5000 10.30

Tesla K20m 11.45
+11.2%

Tesla K20m outperforms Quadro K5000 by 11% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro K5000 3987

Tesla K20m 4432
+11.2%

Tesla K20m outperforms Quadro K5000 by 11% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	10.30	11.45
Recency	17 August 2012	5 January 2013
Cost	$2499	$3199
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	5 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	225 Watt