Tesla P40 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Place in the ranking	19	183
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	22.70	2.44
Power efficiency	13.77	8.36
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GA102	GP102
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	31 May 2021 (3 years ago)	13 September 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,199	$5,699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3080 Ti has 830% better value for money than Tesla P40.

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 cores	10240	3840
Core clock speed	1365 MHz	1303 MHz
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1531 MHz
Number of transistors	28,300 million	11,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	532.8	367.4
Floating-point processing power	34.1 TFLOPS	11.76 TFLOPS
ROPs	112	96
TMUs	320	240
Tensor Cores	320	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	80	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	285 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	8-pin EPS

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	GDDR6X	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz	1808 MHz
Memory bandwidth	912.4 GB/s	347.1 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.3
CUDA	8.6	6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 3080 Ti 70.33
+131%

Tesla P40 30.50

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 3080 Ti 27094
+131%

Tesla P40 11751

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	217 +141%	90−95 −141%
1440p	142 +137%	60−65 −137%
4K	98 +145%	40−45 −145%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	5.53	63.32
1440p	8.44	94.98
4K	12.23	142.48

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

219

+143%

90−95
−143%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	140−150 +142%	60−65 −142%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 +152%	50−55 −152%
Battlefield 5	220−230 +137%	95−100 −137%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +138%	50−55 −138%
Cyberpunk 2077	184 +145%	75−80 −145%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +134%	50−55 −134%
Far Cry New Dawn	170−180 +146%	70−75 −146%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 +139%	100−105 −139%
Hitman 3	120−130 +135%	55−60 −135%
Horizon Zero Dawn	250−260 +133%	110−120 −133%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +138%	65−70 −138%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +144%	50−55 −144%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	290−300 +148%	120−130 −148%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +135%	65−70 −135%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	140−150 +142%	60−65 −142%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 +152%	50−55 −152%
Battlefield 5	220−230 +137%	95−100 −137%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +138%	50−55 −138%
Cyberpunk 2077	160 +146%	65−70 −146%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +134%	50−55 −134%
Far Cry New Dawn	170−180 +146%	70−75 −146%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 +139%	100−105 −139%
Hitman 3	120−130 +135%	55−60 −135%
Horizon Zero Dawn	250−260 +133%	110−120 −133%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +138%	65−70 −138%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +144%	50−55 −144%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	407 +139%	170−180 −139%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	150−160 +132%	65−70 −132%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +135%	65−70 −135%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	140−150 +142%	60−65 −142%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100 +150%	40−45 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +138%	50−55 −138%
Cyberpunk 2077	146 +143%	60−65 −143%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +134%	50−55 −134%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 +139%	100−105 −139%
Hitman 3	120−130 +135%	55−60 −135%
Horizon Zero Dawn	310 +138%	130−140 −138%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	359 +139%	150−160 −139%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	181 +141%	75−80 −141%
Watch Dogs: Legion	97 +143%	40−45 −143%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

+144%

50−55
−144%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170 +137%	70−75 −137%
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120 +149%	45−50 −149%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 +137%	35−40 −137%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	86 +146%	35−40 −146%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +134%	35−40 −134%
Cyberpunk 2077	99 +148%	40−45 −148%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +137%	35−40 −137%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +146%	110−120 −146%
Hitman 3	100−110 +158%	40−45 −158%
Horizon Zero Dawn	240 +140%	100−105 −140%
Metro Exodus	141 +135%	60−65 −135%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	269 +145%	110−120 −145%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	120−130 +133%	55−60 −133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	230−240 +139%	100−105 −139%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

110−120

+156%

45−50
−156%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +151%	35−40 −151%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +156%	27−30 −156%
Hitman 3	60−65 +158%	24−27 −158%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +138%	95−100 −138%
Metro Exodus	110−120 +149%	45−50 −149%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	152 +134%	65−70 −134%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 +142%	24−27 −142%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	61 +154%	24−27 −154%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +148%	21−24 −148%
Cyberpunk 2077	50 +138%	21−24 −138%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +138%	21−24 −138%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +144%	50−55 −144%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	161 +148%	65−70 −148%
Watch Dogs: Legion	59 +146%	24−27 −146%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

75−80
+153%

30−33

−153%

This is how RTX 3080 Ti and Tesla P40 compete in popular games:

RTX 3080 Ti is 141% faster in 1080p
RTX 3080 Ti is 137% faster in 1440p
RTX 3080 Ti is 145% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	70.33	30.50
Recency	31 May 2021	13 September 2016
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	250 Watt