Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB vs GeForce 9600 GSO

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	1139	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.09	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	G92	GP100
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	28 April 2008 (16 years ago)	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$49.99	$5,699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	96	3584
CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1190 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1329 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	15,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	26.40	297.7
Floating-point performance	0.264 gflops	9.526 gflops

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).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm	267 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
SLI options	2-way	-

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	GDDR3	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	16 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1430 MHz
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	732.2 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 Connectors	Dual Link DVIHDTV	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.0	6.4
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	6.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	28 April 2008	20 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	16 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	250 Watt

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