Tesla V100 PCIe 32 GB vs Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureVolta (2017−2020)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGV100GV100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date21 June 2017 (7 years ago)27 March 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 cores51205120
Core clock speed1246 MHz1230 MHz
Boost clock speed1380 MHz1380 MHz
Number of transistors21,100 million21,100 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate441.6441.6
Floating-point processing power14.13 TFLOPS14.13 TFLOPS
ROPs128128
TMUs320320
Tensor Cores640640

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
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin2x 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 typeHBM2HBM2
Maximum RAM amount16 GB32 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed876 MHz876 MHz
Memory bandwidth897.0 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
CUDA7.07.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 June 2017 27 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 32 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt

Tesla V100 PCIe 32 GB has an age advantage of 9 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 20% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB and Tesla V100 PCIe 32 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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