Tesla C1060 vs Tesla K20Xm

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking524not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.11no data
Power efficiency2.36no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGK110GT200B
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date12 November 2012 (11 years ago)9 April 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,699 no data

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 cores2688240
Core clock speed732 MHz610 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)235 Watt188 Watt
Texture fill rate164.048.80
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPS0.6221 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs22480

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 2.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed1300 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth249.6 GB/s102.4 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)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.51.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 November 2012 9 April 2009
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 235 Watt 188 Watt

Tesla K20Xm has an age advantage of 3 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

Tesla C1060, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K20Xm and Tesla C1060. We've got no test results to judge.


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