NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB vs NVIDIA L40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB 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: Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB

NVIDIA L40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB

Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1095 MHz vs 735 MHz
566x more texture fill rate: 800.3 GTexel/s vs 1,414 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 67% higher maximum memory size: 80 GB vs 48 GB

Core clock speed	1095 MHz vs 735 MHz
Texture fill rate	800.3 GTexel/s vs 1,414 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Maximum memory size	80 GB vs 48 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L40

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 2490 MHz vs 1755 MHz
Around 25% higher pipelines: 18176 vs 14592
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1593 MHz, 3.2 Gbps effective
Around 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 331026 vs 281515

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Oct 2022 vs 22 Mar 2022
Boost clock speed	2490 MHz vs 1755 MHz
Pipelines	18176 vs 14592
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1593 MHz, 3.2 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	331026 vs 281515

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA L40

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

281515

331026

Name	NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB	NVIDIA L40
Geekbench - OpenCL	281515	331026

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB	NVIDIA L40
Essentials
Architecture	Hopper	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GH100	AD102
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	13 Oct 2022
Place in performance rating	3	2
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1755 MHz	2490 MHz
Core clock speed	1095 MHz	735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	14592	18176
Pixel fill rate	42.12 GPixel/s	478.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	800.3 GTexel/s	1,414 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	80000 million	76300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	268 mm, 10.6 inches	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches	111 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	80 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	2,039 GB/s	864.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1593 MHz, 3.2 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6