Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB vs Quadro P4200 Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking187not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency20.63no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGP104GV100
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date21 February 2018 (6 years ago)21 June 2017 (7 years ago)

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 cores23045120
Core clock speed1215 MHz1246 MHz
Boost clock speed1480 MHz1380 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million21,100 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate213.1441.6
Floating-point processing power6.82 TFLOPS14.13 TFLOPS
ROPs64128
TMUs144320
Tensor Coresno data640

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed1753 MHz876 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.4 GB/s897.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)6.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan1.31.2.131
CUDA6.17.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 February 2018 21 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 300 Watt

P4200 Max-Q has an age advantage of 8 months, and 200% lower power consumption.

Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P4200 Max-Q and Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P4200 Max-Q is a mobile workstation card while Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro P4200 Max-Q
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