RTX A2000 12 GB vs Tesla K20c

Place in the ranking	484	139
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.36	43.53
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GK110	GA106
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	12 November 2012 (11 years ago)	23 November 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,199	$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX A2000 12 GB has 11992% 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	3328
Core clock speed	706 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	7,080 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	70 Watt
Texture fill rate	146.8	124.8
Floating-point processing power	3.524 gflops	7.987 gflops
ROPs	40	48
TMUs	208	104

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	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	167 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	320 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	208.0 GB/s	288.0 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

4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	3.5	8.6

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	8.92	35.62
Recency	12 November 2012	23 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	70 Watt

RTX A2000 12 GB has a 299.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 140% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 221.4% lower power consumption.

The RTX A2000 12 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K20c in performance tests.

Be aware that Tesla K20c is a workstation graphics card while RTX A2000 12 GB is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.