NVIDIA L40 vs NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L40 and NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation 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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L40

  • Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 330193 vs 318285
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 330193 vs 318285

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 24% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 2490 MHz
  • Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 1,423 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 11% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Launch date 3 Dec 2022 vs 13 Oct 2022
Core clock speed 915 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 2505 MHz vs 2490 MHz
Texture fill rate 1,423 GTexel/s vs 1,414 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 5 nm
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L40
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
330193
318285
Name NVIDIA L40 NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
Geekbench - OpenCL 330193 318285
PassMark - G2D Mark 942
PassMark - G3D Mark 27821

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA L40 NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace
Code name AD102 AD102
Launch date 13 Oct 2022 3 Dec 2022
Place in performance rating 2 6

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2490 MHz 2505 MHz
Core clock speed 735 MHz 915 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 4 nm
Pipelines 18176 18176
Pixel fill rate 478.1 GPixel/s 481.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 1,414 GTexel/s 1,423 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 76300 million 76300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1.4a 4x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm, 10.5 inches 267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 16-pin 1x 16-pin
Width 111 mm, 4.4 inches 112 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 48 GB 48 GB
Memory bandwidth 864.0 GB/s 960.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit 384 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6