A10G vs Tesla P40

Place in the ranking	184	72
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.00	no data
Power efficiency	8.75	22.26
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GP102	GA102
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	13 September 2016 (8 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,699	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores	3840	9216
Core clock speed	1303 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	1531 MHz	1710 MHz
Number of transistors	11,800 million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	367.4	492.5
Floating-point processing power	11.76 TFLOPS	31.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	96	96
TMUs	240	288
Tensor Cores	no data	288
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	72

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	8-pin EPS

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1808 MHz	1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth	347.1 GB/s	600.2 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 Connectors

No outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.2
CUDA	6.1	8.6
DLSS	-	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Tesla P40 31.91

A10G 48.71
+52.6%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Tesla P40 12266

A10G 18723
+52.6%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	31.91	48.71
Recency	13 September 2016	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	150 Watt

Tesla P40 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

A10G, on the other hand, has a 52.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The A10G is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla P40 in performance tests.