NVIDIA Tesla P4 vs NVIDIA Tesla M40
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla P4 and NVIDIA Tesla M40 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla P4
- Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
- 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
| Launch date | 13 September 2016 vs 10 November 2015 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt vs 250 Watt |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40
- Around 17% higher core clock speed: 948 MHz vs 810 MHz
- Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1114 MHz vs 1063 MHz
- Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 213.9 GTexel / s vs 170.1 GTexel / s
- Around 20% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2560
- Around 26% better floating-point performance: 6,844 gflops vs 5,443 gflops
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
- Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10220 vs 9097
- Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 437 vs 391
- Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39184 vs 37924
- Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 183.81 vs 147.62
- Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2637.997 vs 1791.761
- Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.059 vs 9.457
- Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 160.359 vs 99.574
- Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 688.388 vs 523.29
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 948 MHz vs 810 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1114 MHz vs 1063 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 213.9 GTexel / s vs 170.1 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 3072 vs 2560 |
| Floating-point performance | 6,844 gflops vs 5,443 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 12 GB vs 8 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 10220 vs 9097 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 437 vs 391 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 39184 vs 37924 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 183.81 vs 147.62 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 2637.997 vs 1791.761 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 13.059 vs 9.457 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 160.359 vs 99.574 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 688.388 vs 523.29 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla P4
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla M40
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| Name | NVIDIA Tesla P4 | NVIDIA Tesla M40 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9097 | 10220 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 391 | 437 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 37924 | 39184 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 147.62 | 183.81 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1791.761 | 2637.997 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 9.457 | 13.059 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 99.574 | 160.359 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 523.29 | 688.388 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11409 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3698 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3341 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11409 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3698 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3341 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA Tesla P4 | NVIDIA Tesla M40 | |
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| Architecture | Pascal | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Code name | GP104 | GM200 |
| Launch date | 13 September 2016 | 10 November 2015 |
| Place in performance rating | 349 | 260 |
| Type | Workstation | Workstation |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1063 MHz | 1114 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 810 MHz | 948 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 5,443 gflops | 6,844 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 2560 | 3072 |
| Texture fill rate | 170.1 GTexel / s | 213.9 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Transistor count | 7,200 million | 8,000 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.3 GB / s | 288.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz | 6008 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |

