Tesla K20s vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking192not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation100.00no data
Power efficiency25.09no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameTU116GK110
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date23 April 2019 (5 years ago)18 February 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 $3,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores15362496
Core clock speed1455 MHz575 MHz
Boost clock speed1590 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,600 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate152.6119.6
Floating-point processing power4.884 TFLOPS2.87 TFLOPS
ROPs4840
TMUs96208

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB5 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s208.0 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA7.53.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 April 2019 18 February 2013
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 5 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 225 Watt

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile has an age advantage of 6 years, a 20% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 181.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and Tesla K20s. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is a notebook card while Tesla K20s is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
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