P102-101 vs Tesla M40

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking204not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.45no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM200GP102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date10 November 2015 (9 years ago)2018 (6 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 cores30723200
Core clock speed948 MHz1557 MHz
Boost clock speed1112 MHz1670 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million11,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate213.5334.0
Floating-point processing power6.832 TFLOPS10.69 TFLOPS
ROPs9680
TMUs192200

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 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x4
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPS2x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GB10 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s320.3 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA5.26.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm

Tesla M40 has a 20% higher maximum VRAM amount.

P102-101, on the other hand, has a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla M40 and P102-101. We've got no test results to judge.


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