Apple A8X vs NVIDIA L40 CNX

Comparative analysis of Apple A8X and NVIDIA L40 CNX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support.

Apple A8X

NVIDIA L40 CNX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L40 CNX

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1005 MHz vs 450 MHz
2272x more pipelines: 18176 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 20 nm

Launch date	13 Oct 2022 vs 16 Oct 2014
Core clock speed	1005 MHz vs 450 MHz
Pipelines	18176 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 20 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A8X	NVIDIA L40 CNX
Essentials
Launch date	16 Oct 2014	13 Oct 2022
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Architecture		Ada Lovelace
Code name		AD102
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	1005 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	20 nm	5 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	230.4 GFLOPS
Pipelines	8	18176
Render output units	32
Boost clock speed		2475 MHz
Pixel fill rate		475.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		1,406 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		300 Watt
Transistor count		76300 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	864.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	384 bit
Memory type	LPDDR3-1600	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		24 GB
Memory clock speed		2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		Dual-slot
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x16
Length		267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 16-pin
Width		111 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan