Tesla K20X vs Quadro P1000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking411not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.87no data
Power efficiency19.99no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGP107GK110
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date7 February 2017 (7 years ago)12 November 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$375 $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 cores6402688
Core clock speed1493 MHz732 MHz
Boost clock speed1519 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,300 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt235 Watt
Texture fill rate48.61164.0
Floating-point processing power1.555 TFLOPS3.935 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs32224

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mm267 mm
WidthMXM Module2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth96.13 GB/s249.6 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.75.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan1.31.1.126
CUDA6.13.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 February 2017 12 November 2012
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 235 Watt

Quadro P1000 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 487.5% lower power consumption.

Tesla K20X, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P1000 and Tesla K20X. We've got no test results to judge.


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