Radeon Pro 570 vs Tesla K20X

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated330
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data9.39
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGK110Polaris 20
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date12 November 2012 (12 years ago)5 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,699 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 cores26881792
Core clock speed732 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1105 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)235 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate164.0123.8
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPS3.96 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs224112

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
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1300 MHz1695 MHz
Memory bandwidth249.6 GB/s217.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 November 2012 5 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 235 Watt 120 Watt

Tesla K20X has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Pro 570, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 95.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K20X and Radeon Pro 570. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla K20X is a workstation card while Radeon Pro 570 is a mobile workstation one.


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

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