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NVIDIA Tesla P40 24GB

Exact P40 reference specifications and AI deployment guidance, separated from FusionPointAI commercial inventory.

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Verified technical specifications

ManufacturerNVIDIA
Exact SKUP40
Product familyNVIDIA P40
ArchitecturePascal
GenerationTesla Legacy
Entity typeAccelerator card
LifecycleLegacy
Launch dateThe manufacturer has not published this information.
VRAM24 GB
Memory technologyGDDR5
Memory bandwidth346 GB/s
Power250 W
InterfacePCIe Gen3 x16
Form factorDual slot · PCIe · Accelerator
InterconnectPCIe
MIG / partitioningNot supported
Supported numeric formatsFP32, FP16, INT8, INT8, FP4
Software stackcuda, vllm, sglang, tensorrt-llm

AI workload suitability

LLM inference

Best suited to smaller checkpoints, compressed models or distributed configurations sized by the recommendation engine.

Fine-tuning and training

Suitable for limited fine-tuning and development when software support, cooling and memory capacity are verified.

Image, video and embeddings

FP16 acceleration supports common generative and vector workloads within the listed VRAM envelope.

Power and cooling

250 W published power requires chassis, airflow and power delivery for this exact form factor.

Multi-GPU use

PCIe is the recorded interconnect path; topology must still be validated at node level.

Software ecosystem

cuda, vllm, sglang, tensorrt-llm

Product timeline

nvidia-tesla-p40 @ cafd65346e792d8ecc37c0340aab4acdbc415df899bd04deb59a689827d0448c

Official source

Official manufacturer source

https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/new-nvidia-pascal-gpus-accelerate-deep-learning-inference

Last verified: 2026-08-24