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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

NVIDIA L40

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 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 289621 vs 250792

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	289621 vs 250792

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

250792

289621

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER	NVIDIA L40
PassMark - G2D Mark	1214
PassMark - G3D Mark	34241
Geekbench - OpenCL	250792	289621
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	28458

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	2	3
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