Tesla K10 vs Tesla K20m

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking414not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.59no data
Power efficiency3.56no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGK110GK104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date5 January 2013 (11 years ago)1 May 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,199 $5,099

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 cores24961536
Core clock speed706 MHz745 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate146.895.36
Floating-point processing power3.524 TFLOPS2.289 TFLOPS
ROPs4032
TMUs208128

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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm272 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 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 amount5 GB4 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1300 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth208.0 GB/s160.0 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 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA3.53.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2013 1 May 2012
Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 4 GB

Tesla K20m has an age advantage of 8 months, and a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K20m and Tesla K10. We've got no test results to judge.


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