Tesla K20c vs FirePro W8000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W8000 and Tesla K20c, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro W8000
2012
4 GB GDDR5, 225 Watt
10.75
+20.8%

W8000 outperforms Tesla K20c by a significant 21% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking426483
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.020.35
Power efficiency3.312.74
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameTahitiGK110
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date14 June 2012 (12 years ago)12 November 2012 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,599 $3,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W8000 has 191% 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 cores17922496
Core clock speed900 MHz706 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate100.8146.8
Floating-point processing power3.226 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
Length279 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-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 amount4 GB5 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth176 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x SDINo outputs
StereoOutput3D+-
DisplayPort count4no data
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 10.75 8.90
Recency 14 June 2012 12 November 2012
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 5 GB

FirePro W8000 has a 20.8% higher aggregate performance score.

Tesla K20c, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The FirePro W8000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K20c in performance tests.


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