Tesla C2070 vs Tesla K20c
Aggregated performance score
Tesla K20c outperforms Tesla C2070 by a significant 21% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 455 | 502 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.45 | 0.11 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | GK110 | GF100 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 12 November 2012 (11 years ago) | 25 July 2011 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,199 | no data |
| Current price | $591 (0.2x MSRP) | $5193 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Tesla K20c has 1218% better value for money than Tesla C2070.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2496 | 448 |
| Core clock speed | 706 MHz | 574 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,080 million | 3,100 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 238 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 146.8 | 32.14 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,524 gflops | 1,030.4 gflops |
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 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 248 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| 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 | 5200 MHz | 2988 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 208.0 GB/s | 143.4 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 DVI |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 3.5 | 2.0 |
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 | 8.91 | 7.34 |
| Recency | 12 November 2012 | 25 July 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 5 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 238 Watt |
The Tesla K20c is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla C2070 in performance tests.
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