NVIDIA L40S vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L40S and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 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 3080 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L40S

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1710 MHz
2x more pipelines: 18176 vs 8960
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 350 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 12 GB
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Launch date	13 Oct 2022 vs 11 Jan 2022
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Pipelines	18176 vs 8960
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1260 MHz vs 1110 MHz
334.6x more texture fill rate: 478.8 GTexel/s vs 1,431 GTexel/s

Core clock speed	1260 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Texture fill rate	478.8 GTexel/s vs 1,431 GTexel/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L40S
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Name	NVIDIA L40S	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	343342
PassMark - G2D Mark		1084
PassMark - G3D Mark		26614
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		18806

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L40S	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD102	GA102
Launch date	13 Oct 2022	11 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	1	4
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	1110 MHz	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	18176	8960
Pixel fill rate	483.8 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,431 GTexel/s	478.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		30.64 TFLOPS
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	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Height		40 mm, 1.6 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	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	864.0 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X