Tesla K20X vs GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking237not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.89no data
Power efficiency6.43no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGK110BGK110
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date18 February 2014 (10 years ago)12 November 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $7,699

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 cores28802688
Core clock speed889 MHz732 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,080 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt235 Watt
Texture fill rate235.2164.0
Floating-point processing power5.645 TFLOPS3.935 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs240224

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 supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth336 GB/s249.6 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
3D Vision Live+-

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
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA+3.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 February 2014 12 November 2012
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 235 Watt

GTX TITAN BLACK has an age advantage of 1 year.

Tesla K20X, on the other hand, has 6.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK and Tesla K20X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK is a desktop card while Tesla K20X is a workstation one.


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