NVIDIA L40G vs NVIDIA A10

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L40G and NVIDIA A10 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.

NVIDIA L40G

NVIDIA A10

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L40G

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1005 MHz vs 885 MHz
Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 2475 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 97% higher pipelines: 18176 vs 9216
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective

Launch date	13 Oct 2022 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	1005 MHz vs 885 MHz
Boost clock speed	2475 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Pipelines	18176 vs 9216
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10

347.2x more texture fill rate: 488.2 GTexel/s vs 1,406 GTexel/s
2x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 300 Watt

Texture fill rate	488.2 GTexel/s vs 1,406 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L40G
GPU 2: NVIDIA A10

Name	NVIDIA L40G	NVIDIA A10
PassMark - G2D Mark		1007
PassMark - G3D Mark		22064
Geekbench - OpenCL		158308

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L40G	NVIDIA A10
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD102	GA102
Launch date	13 Oct 2022	12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating	not rated	28
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2475 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	1005 MHz	885 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	18176	9216
Pixel fill rate	475.2 GPixel/s	162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,406 GTexel/s	488.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		976.3 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		31.24 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		31.24 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Single-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	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 8-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	24 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	864.0 GB/s	600.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6