Tesla P4 vs Quadro P400

Place in performance ranking	638	228
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.79	50.77
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GP107	GP104
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	7 February 2017 (7 years ago)	13 September 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$119.99	no data
Current price	$73 (0.6x MSRP)	$92

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Tesla P4 has 6327% better value for money than Quadro P400.

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	256	2560
Core clock speed	1228 MHz	886 MHz
Boost clock speed	1252 MHz	1114 MHz
Number of transistors	3,300 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.03	178.2
Floating-point performance	679.9 gflops	5,443 gflops

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 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	168 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	32.06 GB/s	192.3 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 Connectors

3x mini-DisplayPort

No outputs

API Compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	6.1	6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro P400 4.23

Tesla P4 22.65
+435%

Tesla P4 outperforms Quadro P400 by 435% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro P400 1639

Tesla P4 8767
+435%

Tesla P4 outperforms Quadro P400 by 435% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	4.23	22.65
Recency	7 February 2017	13 September 2016
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	75 Watt