Tesla T40 24 GB vs Quadro T500 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking476not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency35.07no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTU117TU102
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date2 December 2020 (3 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

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 cores8964608
Core clock speed1365 MHz1305 MHz
Boost clock speed1695 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors4,700 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt260 Watt
Texture fill rate94.92449.3
Floating-point processing power3.037 TFLOPS14.38 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs56288
Tensor Coresno data576
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB24 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s624.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA7.57.5

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 24 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 260 Watt

T500 Mobile has 1344.4% lower power consumption.

Tesla T40 24 GB, on the other hand, has a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Quadro T500 Mobile and Tesla T40 24 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro T500 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Tesla T40 24 GB is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro T500 Mobile
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