NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D vs NVIDIA L40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D 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 4090 D

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 2280 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 2490 MHz
Launch date 28 Dec 2023 vs 13 Oct 2022
Core clock speed 2280 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 2520 MHz vs 2490 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L40

  • Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 1,414 GTexel/s vs 1,149 GTexel/s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 18176 vs 14592
  • Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 425 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 24 GB
  • Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
  • Around 22% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 332005 vs 272830
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 1,414 GTexel/s vs 1,149 GTexel/s
Pipelines 18176 vs 14592
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt vs 425 Watt
Maximum memory size 48 GB vs 24 GB
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 332005 vs 272830

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D
GPU 2: NVIDIA L40

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
272830
332005
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D NVIDIA L40
PassMark - G2D Mark 980
PassMark - G3D Mark 36196
Geekbench - OpenCL 272830 332005
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 34361

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D NVIDIA L40

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace
Code name AD102 AD102
Launch date 28 Dec 2023 13 Oct 2022
Place in performance rating 3 2

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2520 MHz 2490 MHz
Core clock speed 2280 MHz 735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 5 nm
Pipelines 14592 18176
Pixel fill rate 443.5 GPixel/s 478.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 1,149 GTexel/s 1,414 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 425 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 76300 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 304 mm, 12 inches 267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 800 Watt 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 16-pin 1x 16-pin
Width 137 mm, 5.4 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 24 GB 48 GB
Memory bandwidth 1.01 TB/s 864.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit 384 bit
Memory clock speed 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6X GDDR6