RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile vs Tesla K20s

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated35
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data27.57
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGK110no data
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date18 February 2013 (11 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,199 no data

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 cores24967424
Core clock speed575 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,080 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt150 Watt (60 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate119.6no data
Floating-point processing power2.87 TFLOPSno data
ROPs40no data
TMUs208no data

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount5 GB12 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1300 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth208.0 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 February 2013 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 150 Watt

RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile has an age advantage of 10 years, a 140% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K20s and RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla K20s is a workstation card while RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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