Tesla T4G vs Tesla P40

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking174not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.59no data
Power efficiency8.81no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP102TU104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 September 2016 (8 years ago)13 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores38402560
Core clock speed1303 MHz585 MHz
Boost clock speed1531 MHz1590 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate367.4254.4
Floating-point processing power11.76 TFLOPS8.141 TFLOPS
ROPs9664
TMUs240160
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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
Length267 mm168 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSNone

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 amount24 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1808 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth347.1 GB/s320.0 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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA6.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 September 2016 13 September 2018
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 70 Watt

Tesla P40 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Tesla T4G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 257.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla P40 and Tesla T4G. We've got no test results to judge.


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