FirePro S9000 vs Tesla K20c
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Tesla K20c and FirePro S9000, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
S9000 outperforms Tesla K20c by a considerable 47% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 486 | 385 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.35 | 0.98 |
| Power efficiency | 2.75 | 4.05 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) |
| GPU code name | GK110 | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 12 November 2012 (12 years ago) | 24 August 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,199 | $2,499 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
FirePro S9000 has 180% 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 | 2496 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 706 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,080 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 350 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 146.8 | 100.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.524 TFLOPS | 3.226 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 40 | 32 |
| TMUs | 208 | 112 |
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 | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 | 5 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1300 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 208.0 GB/s | 264 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 | No outputs | 1x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | no data | 1 |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.131 |
| 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 | 8.90 | 13.11 |
| Recency | 12 November 2012 | 24 August 2012 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 5 GB | 6 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 350 Watt |
Tesla K20c has an age advantage of 2 months, and 55.6% lower power consumption.
FirePro S9000, on the other hand, has a 47.3% higher aggregate performance score, and a 20% higher maximum VRAM amount.
The FirePro S9000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K20c 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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