GeForce2 PRO vs Tesla K20s

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameGK110NV15 A5
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date18 February 2013 (11 years ago)5 December 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,199 $329

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 cores2496no data
Core clock speed575 MHz200 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million25 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Wattno data
Texture fill rate119.61.600
Floating-point processing power2.87 TFLOPSno data
ROPs404
TMUs2088

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 x16AGP 4x
Length267 mm183 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount5 GB64 MB
Memory bus width320 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1300 MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidth208.0 GB/s6.4 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 outputs1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)7.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.2
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 February 2013 5 December 2000
Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm

Tesla K20s has an age advantage of 12 years, a 7900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K20s and GeForce2 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla K20s is a workstation graphics card while GeForce2 PRO is a desktop one.


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