AMD Radeon PRO W7900 vs NVIDIA L40

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO W7900 and NVIDIA L40 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon PRO W7900

NVIDIA L40

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO W7900

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 735 MHz
677.6x more texture fill rate: 958.1 GTexel/s vs 1,414 GTexel/s
Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 295 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	13 Apr 2023 vs 13 Oct 2022
Core clock speed	1855 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	2495 MHz vs 2490 MHz
Texture fill rate	958.1 GTexel/s vs 1,414 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L40

3x more pipelines: 18176 vs 6144
Around 72% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 331026 vs 192657

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	18176 vs 6144
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	331026 vs 192657

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO W7900
GPU 2: NVIDIA L40

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

192657

331026

Name	AMD Radeon PRO W7900	NVIDIA L40
PassMark - G2D Mark	1161
PassMark - G3D Mark	29008
Geekbench - OpenCL	192657	331026

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon PRO W7900	NVIDIA L40
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	Navi 31	AD102
Launch date	13 Apr 2023	13 Oct 2022
Launch price (MSRP)	$3999
Place in performance rating	10	2
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2495 MHz	2490 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	1855 MHz	735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	6144	18176
Pixel fill rate	479.0 GPixel/s	478.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	958.1 GTexel/s	1,414 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	57700 million	76300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot	Dual-slot
Height	51 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	280 mm, 11 inches	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	110 mm, 4.3 inches	111 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	864.0 GB/s	864.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6