NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs NVIDIA L40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 2295 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 2550 MHz vs 2490 MHz
  • 577.1x more texture fill rate: 816.0 GTexel/s vs 1,414 GTexel/s
Launch date 8 Jan 2024 vs 13 Oct 2022
Core clock speed 2295 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 2550 MHz vs 2490 MHz
Texture fill rate 816.0 GTexel/s vs 1,414 GTexel/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L40

  • Around 78% higher pipelines: 18176 vs 10240
  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 320 Watt
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 16 GB
  • Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1438 MHz, 23 Gbps effective
  • Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 332005 vs 248309
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 18176 vs 10240
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt vs 320 Watt
Maximum memory size 48 GB vs 16 GB
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1438 MHz, 23 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 332005 vs 248309

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
GPU 2: NVIDIA L40

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
248309
332005
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER NVIDIA L40
PassMark - G2D Mark 1227
PassMark - G3D Mark 34281
Geekbench - OpenCL 248309 332005
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 28346

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER NVIDIA L40

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace
Code name AD103 AD102
Launch date 8 Jan 2024 13 Oct 2022
Place in performance rating 4 2

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2550 MHz 2490 MHz
Core clock speed 2295 MHz 735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 5 nm
Pipelines 10240 18176
Pixel fill rate 285.6 GPixel/s 478.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 816.0 GTexel/s 1,414 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 320 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 45900 million 76300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 4x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Triple-slot Dual-slot
Height 61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 310 mm, 12.2 inches 267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 16-pin 1x 16-pin
Width 140 mm, 5.5 inches 111 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 48 GB
Memory bandwidth 736.3 GB/s 864.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 384 bit
Memory clock speed 1438 MHz, 23 Gbps effective 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6X GDDR6