NVIDIA L40S vs AMD Radeon PRO W7900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L40S and AMD Radeon PRO W7900 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.

NVIDIA L40S

AMD Radeon PRO W7900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L40S

Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 2495 MHz
3x more pipelines: 18176 vs 6144
Around 80% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 346719 vs 192657

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 2495 MHz
Pipelines	18176 vs 6144
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	346719 vs 192657

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO W7900

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 1110 MHz
669.5x more texture fill rate: 958.1 GTexel/s vs 1,431 GTexel/s
Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 295 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	13 Apr 2023 vs 13 Oct 2022
Core clock speed	1855 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Texture fill rate	958.1 GTexel/s vs 1,431 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L40S
GPU 2: AMD Radeon PRO W7900

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

346719

192657

Name	NVIDIA L40S	AMD Radeon PRO W7900
Geekbench - OpenCL	346719	192657
PassMark - G2D Mark		1161
PassMark - G3D Mark		29008

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L40S	AMD Radeon PRO W7900
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA 3.0
Code name	AD102	Navi 31
Launch date	13 Oct 2022	13 Apr 2023
Place in performance rating	1	10
Launch price (MSRP)		$3999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	2495 MHz
Core clock speed	1110 MHz	1855 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	18176	6144
Pixel fill rate	483.8 GPixel/s	479.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,431 GTexel/s	958.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	295 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	57700 million
Compute units		96
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	280 mm, 11 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches	110 mm, 4.3 inches
Height		51 mm, 2 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	2.2
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	864.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6