Tesla K20c vs FirePro S10000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro S10000 and Tesla K20c, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

S10000
2012
6 GB GDDR5, 750 Watt
12.37
+38.2%

S10000 outperforms Tesla K20c by a substantial 38% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking400490
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.630.37
Power efficiency2.262.73
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameTahitiGK110
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date12 November 2012 (12 years ago)12 November 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,599 $3,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

S10000 has 70% 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 cores40962496
Core clock speed825 MHz706 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,313 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)750 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate106.4146.8
Floating-point processing power3.405 TFLOPS3.524 TFLOPS
ROPs3240
TMUs112208

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length305 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB5 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth480 GB/s208.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
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 12.37 8.95
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 5 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 750 Watt 225 Watt

S10000 has a 38.2% higher aggregate performance score, and a 20% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Tesla K20c, on the other hand, has 233.3% lower power consumption.

The FirePro S10000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K20c in performance tests.


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