GeForce GTX 950 Low Power vs Tesla P4

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking288not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency22.16no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGP104GM206
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date13 September 2016 (9 years ago)1 March 2016 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$159

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 cores2560768
Core clock speed886 MHz1026 MHz
Boost clock speed1114 MHz1190 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate178.257.12
Floating-point processing power5.704 TFLOPS1.828 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16048
L1 Cache960 KB288 KB
L2 Cache2 MB1024 KB

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
Length168 mm202 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1653 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.3 GB/s105.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA6.15.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 September 2016 1 March 2016
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm

Tesla P4 has an age advantage of 6 months, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla P4 and GeForce GTX 950 Low Power. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla P4 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 950 Low Power is a desktop one.

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