NVIDIA A10 vs NVIDIA Tesla P40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10 and NVIDIA Tesla P40 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA A10

NVIDIA Tesla P40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1531 MHz
1328.8x more texture fill rate: 488.2 GTexel/s vs 367.4 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 9216 vs 3840
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1007 vs 439
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22064 vs 12267
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 158308 vs 62287

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 13 September 2016
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz vs 1531 MHz
Texture fill rate	488.2 GTexel/s vs 367.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	9216 vs 3840
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007 vs 439
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064 vs 12267
Geekbench - OpenCL	158308 vs 62287

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla P40

Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1303 MHz vs 885 MHz
6.4x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1303 MHz vs 885 MHz
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A10
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla P40

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1007

439

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22064

12267

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

158308

62287

Name	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA Tesla P40
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007	439
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064	12267
Geekbench - OpenCL	158308	62287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		300.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3559.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		19.757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		204.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1214.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		9538
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		9538
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3340

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA Tesla P40
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Pascal
Code name	GA102	GP102
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	13 September 2016
Place in performance rating	28	234
Launch price (MSRP)		$5,699
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1531 MHz
Core clock speed	885 MHz	1303 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	976.3 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9216	3840
Pixel fill rate	162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	488.2 GTexel/s	367.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	11,800 million
Floating-point performance		11,758 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	600.2 GB/s	480.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	10008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5X