Tesla K20s vs GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking94not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIGK110
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date16 August 2016 (8 years ago)18 February 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,199

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 speed1443 MHz575 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHzno data
Number of transistors14400 Million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data225 Watt
Texture fill rateno data119.6
Floating-point processing powerno data2.87 TFLOPS
ROPsno data40
TMUsno data208

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
SLI options+-

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 amount2x 8 GB5 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz1300 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data208.0 GB/s
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 dataNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
CUDA+3.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 August 2016 18 February 2013
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and Tesla K20s. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while Tesla K20s is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile
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