NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 vs NVIDIA L40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 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 5080

NVIDIA L40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 2295 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 2617 MHz vs 2490 MHz
621.9x more texture fill rate: 879.3 GTexel/s vs 1,414 GTexel/s

Launch date	30 Jan 2025 vs 13 Oct 2022
Core clock speed	2295 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	2617 MHz vs 2490 MHz
Texture fill rate	879.3 GTexel/s vs 1,414 GTexel/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L40

Around 69% higher pipelines: 18176 vs 10752
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 360 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 16 GB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective
Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 331026 vs 263511

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	18176 vs 10752
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 360 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 16 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	331026 vs 263511

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
GPU 2: NVIDIA L40

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

263511

331026

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080	NVIDIA L40
PassMark - G2D Mark	1401
PassMark - G3D Mark	36147
Geekbench - OpenCL	263511	331026
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8637

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080	NVIDIA L40
Essentials
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GB203	AD102
Launch date	30 Jan 2025	13 Oct 2022
Place in performance rating	6	2
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2617 MHz	2490 MHz
Core clock speed	2295 MHz	735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	10752	18176
Pixel fill rate	293.1 GPixel/s	478.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	879.3 GTexel/s	1,414 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	360 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	45600 million	76300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	304 mm, 12 inches	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 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	6.8	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	864.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR7	GDDR6