Tesla P100 SXM2 vs Quadro NVS 285

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1445not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.42no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameNV44 A2GP100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date6 June 2006 (18 years ago)5 April 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$27.99 no data

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 coresno data3584
Core clock speed275 MHz1328 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1480 MHz
Number of transistors75 million15,300 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate1.100331.5
Floating-point processing powerno data10.61 TFLOPS
ROPs296
TMUs4224

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 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDRHBM2
Maximum RAM amount128 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz704 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s720.9 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 Connectors1x DMS-59No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-6.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 June 2006 5 April 2016
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 300 Watt

NVS 285 has 1566.7% lower power consumption.

Tesla P100 SXM2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 587.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 285 and Tesla P100 SXM2. We've got no test results to judge.


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