NVIDIA · Tesla

NVIDIA Tesla P40

The NVIDIA Tesla P40 is a workstation graphics card. It has 24 GB of video memory and a 250 W board power rating. It scores 11,596 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.

Workstation

3/10 key specs recorded · 32 facts

Depth: 27 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: 3 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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

Shading units

n/a

Memory

24 GB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

250 W

Performance

The NVIDIA Tesla P40 scores 11,596 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 90.3% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #264), measured across 24 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 402.

PassMark G3D Mark

11,596

Rank #264
Faster than 90.3% of 2,658 GPUs
24 samples

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

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 192 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 89.6% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 81 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 86.8% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 110 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 86% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 46 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 77.9% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 4,082 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 79.6% 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 P40 averages DirectX 9 192 fps, DirectX 10 81 fps, DirectX 11 110 fps, DirectX 12 46 fps and GPU Compute 4,082 ops/s, across 24 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Workstation

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 24 GB

Core clock 1303 MHz

Memory clock 1808 MHz

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 250 W

First benchmarked 2022-05-27

Samples 24

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Tesla P40 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 24 GB of memory, a core clock of 1303 MHz, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2022-05-27. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Memory

Size 24 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA Tesla P40 is equipped with 24 GB of memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA Tesla P40 has a board power rating of 250 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 250 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Data Center

Series Tesla

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 11,596

PassMark G2D 402

Rank #264

Samples 24

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Tesla P40 supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.

DirectX 12 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.6 (stated by PassMark)

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA Tesla P40. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA Tesla P40. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA Tesla P40.

Media engine

The NVIDIA Tesla P40 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 P40
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 P40: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (6th Generation, encoder engines: 2) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (3rd Generation, decoder engines: 1).

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Tesla P40 have?

The NVIDIA Tesla P40 has 24 GB of video memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA Tesla P40 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA Tesla P40 has a board power rating of 250 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA Tesla P40?

The NVIDIA Tesla P40 scores 11,596 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 90.3% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #264. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 46 fps.