Arc Pro A40 vs Tesla P4

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking238not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency22.14no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGP104DG2-128
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 September 2016 (8 years ago)8 August 2022 (2 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 cores25601024
Core clock speed886 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1114 MHz1700 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate178.2108.8
Floating-point processing power5.704 TFLOPS3.482 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16064
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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 4.0 x8
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.3 GB/s192.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 September 2016 8 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt

Tesla P4 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Arc Pro A40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 166.7% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla P4 and Arc Pro A40. We've got no test results to judge.


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