Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB vs GeForce 9800 GX2
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in the ranking | 1005 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.03 | no data |
Power efficiency | 0.56 | no data |
Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
GPU code name | G92 | GP100 |
Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
Release date | 18 March 2008 (17 years ago) | 20 June 2016 (9 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $5,699 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 256 (128 per GPU) ×2 | 3584 |
Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 1190 MHz |
Boost clock speed | no data | 1329 MHz |
Number of transistors | 754 million | 15,300 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 16 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 197 Watt | 250 Watt |
Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
Texture fill rate | 38.40 ×2 | 297.7 |
Floating-point processing power | 0.384 TFLOPS ×2 | 9.526 TFLOPS |
ROPs | 16 ×2 | 96 |
TMUs | 64 ×2 | 224 |
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 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
Height | 2-slot | no data |
Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
SLI options | + | - |
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 | GDDR3 | HBM2 |
Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB ×2 | 16 GB |
Memory bus width | 512 Bit ×2 | 4096 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 715 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | 128 (64 per GPU) ×2 | 732.2 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
Display Connectors | HDMIDual Link DVI | No outputs |
Multi monitor support | + | no data |
HDMI | + | - |
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (12_1) |
Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.4 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
CUDA | + | 6.0 |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 18 March 2008 | 20 June 2016 |
Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 16 GB |
Chip lithography | 65 nm | 16 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 197 Watt | 250 Watt |
9800 GX2 has 26.9% lower power consumption.
Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 306.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GX2 and Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9800 GX2 is a desktop graphics card while Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB is a workstation one.
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