Tesla P40 vs GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated174
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.57
Power efficiencyno data8.81
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameTU106BGP102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date29 January 2019 (5 years ago)13 September 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$5,699

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 cores19203840
Core clock speed960 MHz1303 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz1531 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million11,800 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate144.0367.4
Floating-point processing power4.608 TFLOPS11.76 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs120240
Tensor Cores240no data
Ray Tracing Cores30no data

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
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB24 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1353 MHz1808 MHz
Memory bandwidth259.8 GB/s347.1 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 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1401.3
CUDA7.56.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 January 2019 13 September 2016
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 250 Watt

RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh has an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 117.4% lower power consumption.

Tesla P40, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh and Tesla P40. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh is a notebook card while Tesla P40 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh
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