Tesla K20c vs Radeon Pro 5500 XT

Place in the ranking	248	483
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.35
Power efficiency	12.02	2.74
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Navi 14	GK110
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	4 August 2020 (4 years ago)	12 November 2012 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$3,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	1536	2496
Core clock speed	1187 MHz	706 MHz
Boost clock speed	1757 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,400 million	7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	168.7	146.8
Floating-point processing power	5.398 TFLOPS	3.524 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	40
TMUs	96	208

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	IGP	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 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 type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	5 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	208.0 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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.5	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2	1.1.126
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	21.70	8.90
Recency	4 August 2020	12 November 2012
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	5 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	225 Watt

Pro 5500 XT has a 143.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 80% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro 5500 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K20c in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.