NVIDIA L40S vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L40S and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA L40S

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L40S

Around 78% higher pipelines: 18176 vs 10240
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 320 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 16 GB
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1438 MHz, 23 Gbps effective
Around 40% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 346992 vs 247913

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	18176 vs 10240
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 320 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 16 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1438 MHz, 23 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	346992 vs 247913

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 2295 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 2550 MHz vs 2520 MHz
570.2x more texture fill rate: 816.0 GTexel/s vs 1,431 GTexel/s

Launch date	8 Jan 2024 vs 13 Oct 2022
Core clock speed	2295 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Boost clock speed	2550 MHz vs 2520 MHz
Texture fill rate	816.0 GTexel/s vs 1,431 GTexel/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L40S
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

346992

247913

Name	NVIDIA L40S	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Geekbench - OpenCL	346992	247913
PassMark - G2D Mark		1237
PassMark - G3D Mark		34282
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		28346

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L40S	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD102	AD103
Launch date	13 Oct 2022	8 Jan 2024
Place in performance rating	1	4
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	2550 MHz
Core clock speed	1110 MHz	2295 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	18176	10240
Pixel fill rate	483.8 GPixel/s	285.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,431 GTexel/s	816.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	45900 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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	310 mm, 12.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches	140 mm, 5.5 inches
Height		61 mm, 2.4 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	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	864.0 GB/s	736.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1438 MHz, 23 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X