Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB 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)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGP104GV100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 September 2016 (8 years ago)21 June 2017 (7 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 cores25605120
Core clock speed886 MHz1312 MHz
Boost clock speed1114 MHz1530 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million21,100 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate178.2489.6
Floating-point processing power5.704 TFLOPS15.67 TFLOPS
ROPs64128
TMUs160320
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 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slot2-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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz876 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.3 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 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 Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.17.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 September 2016 21 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 250 Watt

Tesla P4 has 233.3% lower power consumption.

Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla P4 and Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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