Tesla K20m vs Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) with Tesla K20m, including specs and performance data.

R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
2014
2.75

Tesla K20m outperforms R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) by a whopping 318% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking798414
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.61
Power efficiencyno data3.56
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameKaveri SpectreGK110
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date14 January 2014 (10 years ago)5 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3842496
Core clock speed720 MHz706 MHz
Number of transistorsno data7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data225 Watt
Texture fill rateno data146.8
Floating-point processing powerno data3.524 TFLOPS
ROPsno data40
TMUsno data208

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data5 GB
Memory bus widthno data320 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1300 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data208.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-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.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD14
−293%
55−60
+293%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data58.16

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Battlefield 5 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−293%
55−60
+293%
Hitman 3 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−305%
85−90
+305%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−300%
24−27
+300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−317%
50−55
+317%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−295%
150−160
+295%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Battlefield 5 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−293%
55−60
+293%
Hitman 3 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−305%
85−90
+305%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−300%
24−27
+300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−317%
50−55
+317%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−293%
55−60
+293%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−295%
150−160
+295%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−293%
55−60
+293%
Hitman 3 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−305%
85−90
+305%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−317%
50−55
+317%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−293%
55−60
+293%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−295%
150−160
+295%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−300%
24−27
+300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Hitman 3 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
−306%
65−70
+306%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−300%
24−27
+300%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%

This is how R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and Tesla K20m compete in popular games:

  • Tesla K20m is 293% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.75 11.49
Recency 14 January 2014 5 January 2013

R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) has an age advantage of 1 year.

Tesla K20m, on the other hand, has a 317.8% higher aggregate performance score.

The Tesla K20m is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) is a desktop card while Tesla K20m is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
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