ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 vs Tesla K20c
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 483 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.35 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.74 | no data |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | GK110 | M92 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 November 2012 (11 years ago) | 9 January 2009 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,199 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 706 MHz | 680 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,080 million | 242 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 146.8 | 5.440 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.524 TFLOPS | 0.1088 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 40 | 4 |
| TMUs | 208 | 8 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-II |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 5 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1300 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 208.0 GB/s | 12.8 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 3.5 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 November 2012 | 9 January 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 5 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 55 nm |
Tesla K20c has an age advantage of 3 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Tesla K20c and Mobility Radeon HD 4570. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla K20c is a workstation card while Mobility Radeon HD 4570 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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