NVIDIA Tesla K20X: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started Tesla K20X sales 12 November 2012 at a recommended price of $7,699 . This is a Kepler architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 6 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 5.2 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 249.6 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. One 6-pin and one 8-pin connectors are required, and power consumption is at 235 Watt.
We have no data on Tesla K20X benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about Tesla K20X: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | |
| GPU code name | GK110 | |
| Market segment | Workstation | |
| Release date | 12 November 2012 (11 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $7,699 | |
| Current price | $161 (0x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Technical specs
Tesla K20X's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Tesla K20X's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2688 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 732 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 7,080 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 235 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 164.0 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 3,935 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Tesla K20X and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Tesla K20X: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
| Memory clock speed | 5200 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 249.6 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Tesla K20X. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by Tesla K20X, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | |
| CUDA | 3.5 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Tesla K20X is Radeon Pro W5500.
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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