Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB vs Quadro NVS 440

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1449not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.22no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameNV43 A4GV100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date14 February 2006 (18 years ago)21 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$96.99 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 data5120
Core clock speed250 MHz1246 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1380 MHz
Number of transistors146 million21,100 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate2.000441.6
Floating-point processing powerno data14.13 TFLOPS
ROPs8128
TMUs8320
Tensor Coresno data640

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
Length187 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 amount128 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz876 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s897.0 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 Connectors2x 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-7.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 February 2006 21 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 300 Watt

NVS 440 has 867.7% lower power consumption.

Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 816.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 440 and Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
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