Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB vs GeForce 9800 GX2

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking870not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency0.75no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameG92GP100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date18 March 2008 (16 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $5,699

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 cores256 (128 per GPU)3584
Core clock speed600 MHz1190 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1329 MHz
Number of transistors754 million15,300 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)197 Watt250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate38.40297.7
Floating-point processing power0.384 TFLOPS9.526 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs64224

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 mm267 mm
Height2-slotno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 8-pin
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3HBM2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz715 MHz
Memory bandwidth128 (64 per GPU)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 ConnectorsHDMIDual Link DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+6.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 March 2008 20 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 197 Watt 250 Watt

9800 GX2 has 26.9% lower power consumption.

Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 306.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GX2 and Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9800 GX2 is a desktop card while Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
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