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NVIDIA Tesla P4

The NVIDIA Tesla P4 is a workstation graphics card. It scores 9,118 in the PassMark G3D benchmark.

Workstation

1/10 key specs recorded · 23 facts

Depth: 12 recorded fields, 9 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified July 25, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix. Coverage: 1 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

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Memory

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Boost clock

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Board power

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Performance

The NVIDIA Tesla P4 scores 9,118 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 87.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #335), measured across 74 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 383.

PassMark G3D Mark

9,118

Rank #335
Faster than 87.8% of 2,658 GPUs
74 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 131 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 81.3% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 54 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 77.8% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 65 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 76.3% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 36 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 71.7% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 3,369 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 76% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Tesla P4 averages DirectX 9 131 fps, DirectX 10 54 fps, DirectX 11 65 fps, DirectX 12 36 fps and GPU Compute 3,369 ops/s, across 74 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

First benchmarked 2022-11-24

Samples 74

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA Tesla P4 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA Tesla P40, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

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Segment Data Center

Series Tesla

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 9,118

PassMark G2D 383

Rank #335

Samples 74

Media engine

The NVIDIA Tesla P4 provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265) and VP9. It does not support hardware encode for AV1 and decode for AV1.

NVIDIA NVENC encoder 6th Generation Encoder engines: 2NVIDIA's dedicated video-encoding engine, used by streaming and capture software; newer generations encode more efficiently.

NVIDIA NVDEC decoder 3rd Generation Decoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-decoding engine; newer generations support more codecs and formats.

Hardware video codec support of the NVIDIA Tesla P4
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Supported4:4:4: Yes	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: Yes; 10-bit: Yes; B-frames: No; 8K: Yes	Supported4:4:4: No
AV1	Not supported	Not supported
VP9	Not stated by the vendor	Supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA Tesla P4: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (6th Generation, encoder engines: 2) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (3rd Generation, decoder engines: 1).

Frequently asked questions

How fast is the NVIDIA Tesla P4?

The NVIDIA Tesla P4 scores 9,118 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 87.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #335. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 36 fps.