Tesla P4

Key Metrics

Launch Date
2016-09-12
CUDA Cores
2,560
Memory
8 GB GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
192.3 GB/s
TDP/TBP
75 W
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Why It Mattered

Tesla P4 is a Tesla P Series accelerator from the Pascal generation. Its historical context is data-center deployment rather than gaming, so form factor, memory capacity, interconnect, virtualization features, and server compatibility are the details that make this entry useful.

Used-Market Caution

Before buying used, confirm PCIe versus SXM or OAM form factor, passive airflow needs, auxiliary power, HBM size, firmware locks, ECC or retired-page errors, seller proof from nvidia-smi under load, and whether any vGPU or enterprise licensing is required.

Sources

Primary / manufacturer sources

  1. New NVIDIA Pascal GPUs Accelerate Deep Learning InferenceOfficial September 12, 2016 unveiling and launch specifications for Tesla P4 and P40Open source
  2. Tesla P4 GPU Accelerator product briefOfficial P4 memory capacity, memory-bus width, and 75 W maximum-power specificationsOpen source
  3. NVIDIA vGPU Deployment Guide for VMware Horizon 7.5 on VMware vSphere 6.7Official statement that Tesla P4 is the exception to the listed Tesla cards requiring auxiliary power cablesOpen source

Independent reference sources

  1. TechPowerUp GPU SpecsModel-level specification reference for this GPU entryOpen source

Reference databases

  1. RightNow GPU DatabaseOpen GPU database used to cross-check specifications A reference database: good for cross-checking specifications, but not proof of the original release details on its own.Open source