GeForce RTX 4070 vs Tesla K20c

Place in performance ranking	458	17
Place by popularity	not in top-100	31
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.54	26.90
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	GK110	AD104
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	12 November 2012 (11 years ago)	13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,199	$599
Current price	$591 (0.2x MSRP)	$791 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4070 has 1647% better value for money than Tesla K20c.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2496	5888
Core clock speed	706 MHz	1920 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2475 MHz
Number of transistors	7,080 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	200 Watt
Texture fill rate	146.8	455.4
Floating-point performance	3,524 gflops	no data

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	240 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 16-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	GDDR5	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	320 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	208.0 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	3.5	8.9

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	24−27 −763%	207 +763%
1440p	14−16 −771%	122 +771%
4K	9−10 −711%	73 +711%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

216
−664%

1650−1700

+664%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 −666%	850−900 +666%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 −672%	950−1000 +672%
Battlefield 5	220−230 −662%	1700−1750 +662%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −656%	900−950 +656%
Cyberpunk 2077	174 −676%	1350−1400 +676%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −669%	900−950 +669%
Far Cry New Dawn	170−180 −660%	1300−1350 +660%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −680%	1700−1750 +680%
Hitman 3	120−130 −679%	950−1000 +679%
Horizon Zero Dawn	470 −677%	3650−3700 +677%
Metro Exodus	140−150 −664%	1100−1150 +664%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 −666%	950−1000 +666%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	482 −678%	3750−3800 +678%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 −678%	1050−1100 +678%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 −666%	850−900 +666%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 −672%	950−1000 +672%
Battlefield 5	220−230 −662%	1700−1750 +662%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −656%	900−950 +656%
Cyberpunk 2077	143 −669%	1100−1150 +669%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −669%	900−950 +669%
Far Cry New Dawn	170−180 −660%	1300−1350 +660%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −680%	1700−1750 +680%
Hitman 3	120−130 −679%	950−1000 +679%
Horizon Zero Dawn	290−300 −680%	2300−2350 +680%
Metro Exodus	84 −674%	650−700 +674%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 −666%	950−1000 +666%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	376 −671%	2900−2950 +671%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	351 −669%	2700−2750 +669%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 −678%	1050−1100 +678%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 −666%	850−900 +666%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 −672%	950−1000 +672%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −656%	900−950 +656%
Cyberpunk 2077	128 −681%	1000−1050 +681%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −669%	900−950 +669%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −680%	1700−1750 +680%
Horizon Zero Dawn	293 −668%	2250−2300 +668%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	322 −676%	2500−2550 +676%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	170 −665%	1300−1350 +665%
Watch Dogs: Legion	124 −666%	950−1000 +666%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

−666%

950−1000
+666%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170 −658%	1250−1300 +658%
Far Cry New Dawn	140−150 −664%	1100−1150 +664%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 −632%	600−650 +632%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85−90 −647%	650−700 +647%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 −655%	800−850 +655%
Cyberpunk 2077	81 −641%	600−650 +641%
Far Cry 5	171 −660%	1300−1350 +660%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 −674%	1300−1350 +674%
Hitman 3	100−110 −635%	750−800 +635%
Horizon Zero Dawn	222 −666%	1700−1750 +666%
Metro Exodus	143 −669%	1100−1150 +669%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	222 −666%	1700−1750 +666%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	120−130 −654%	950−1000 +654%
Watch Dogs: Legion	93 −653%	700−750 +653%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

110−120

−683%

900−950
+683%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 −639%	650−700 +639%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 −625%	500−550 +625%
Hitman 3	60−65 −638%	450−500 +638%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 −648%	800−850 +648%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	84 −674%	650−700 +674%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	115 −683%	900−950 +683%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 −676%	450−500 +676%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 −627%	400−450 +627%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −669%	400−450 +669%
Cyberpunk 2077	36 −678%	280−290 +678%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −600%	350−400 +600%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −644%	900−950 +644%
Horizon Zero Dawn	130 −669%	1000−1050 +669%
Metro Exodus	96 −681%	750−800 +681%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50 −600%	350−400 +600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

75−80
−624%

550−600

+624%

This is how Tesla K20c and RTX 4070 compete in popular games:

RTX 4070 is 763% faster in 1080p
RTX 4070 is 771% faster in 1440p
RTX 4070 is 711% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.92	69.86
Recency	12 November 2012	13 April 2023
Cost	$3199	$599
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	200 Watt