Tesla P4 vs GRID M40

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GRID M40 and Tesla P4, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GRID M40
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
4.26

Tesla P4 outperforms GRID M40 by a whopping 440% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking671238
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.1522.14
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM107GP104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date18 May 2016 (8 years ago)13 September 2016 (8 years ago)

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 cores3842560
Core clock speed1033 MHz886 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1114 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate33.06178.2
Floating-point processing power0.7933 TFLOPS5.704 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs32160

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
Lengthno data168 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1300 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth83.2 GB/s192.3 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_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.06.1

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.26 23.01
Recency 18 May 2016 13 September 2016
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 75 Watt

GRID M40 has 50% lower power consumption.

Tesla P4, on the other hand, has a 440.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 months, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The Tesla P4 is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID M40 in performance tests.


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