L40 vs Radeon HD 6290

Place in the ranking	1442	59
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.02	13.91
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Cedar	AD102
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	4 December 2011 (14 years ago)	13 October 2022 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	80	18176
Core clock speed	650 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	400 MHz	2490 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.200	1,414
Floating-point processing power	0.104 TFLOPS	90.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	192
TMUs	8	568
Tensor Cores	no data	568
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	142
L1 Cache	16 KB	17.8 MB
L2 Cache	128 KB	96 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	168 mm	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	48 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	864.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.7
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9
DLSS	-	+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

HD 6290 0.25

L40 53.93
+21472%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 6290 104
Samples: 433

L40 22466
+21502%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

−20733%

1250−1300
+20733%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Palworld	3−4 −19900%	600−650 +19900%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −19900%	600−650 +19900%
Palworld	3−4 −19900%	600−650 +19900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −21329%	1500−1550 +21329%
Valorant	24−27 −21300%	5350−5400 +21300%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	12−14 −21438%	2800−2850 +21438%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Dota 2	9−10 −21011%	1900−1950 +21011%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −19900%	600−650 +19900%
Palworld	3−4 −19900%	600−650 +19900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −21329%	1500−1550 +21329%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −20900%	1050−1100 +20900%
Valorant	24−27 −21300%	5350−5400 +21300%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Dota 2	9−10 −21011%	1900−1950 +21011%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −19900%	600−650 +19900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −21329%	1500−1550 +21329%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −20900%	1050−1100 +20900%
Valorant	24−27 −21300%	5350−5400 +21300%

Full HD
Epic

Palworld

3−4

−19900%

600−650
+19900%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	2−3 −19900%	400−450 +19900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 −19900%	600−650 +19900%

1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −20900%	210−220 +20900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −20900%	210−220 +20900%

1440p
Epic

Palworld

0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −21233%	3200−3250 +21233%
Valorant	5−6 −20900%	1050−1100 +20900%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

1−2

−20900%

210−220
+20900%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

1−2

−20900%

210−220
+20900%

This is how HD 6290 and L40 compete in popular games:

L40 is 20733% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.25	53.93
Recency	4 December 2011	13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	48 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	300 Watt

HD 6290 has 1479% lower power consumption.

L40, on the other hand, has a 21472% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

The L40 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6290 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6290 is a desktop graphics card while L40 is a workstation one.