NVIDIA L40S vs NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L40S 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.

NVIDIA L40S

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L40S

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1110 MHz vs 915 MHz
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 2505 MHz
Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 1,431 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s
Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 345558 vs 322743

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1110 MHz vs 915 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 2505 MHz
Texture fill rate	1,431 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	345558 vs 322743

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
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
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 L40S
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

345558

322743

Name	NVIDIA L40S	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
Geekbench - OpenCL	345558	322743
PassMark - G2D Mark		985
PassMark - G3D Mark		28802

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L40S	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	1	6
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	2505 MHz
Core clock speed	1110 MHz	915 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	18176	18176
Pixel fill rate	483.8 GPixel/s	481.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,431 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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x 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