L40 vs Arc A550M

Place in the ranking	277	61
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	28.97	13.75
Architecture	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	DG2-512	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	2022 (3 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	18176
Core clock speed	900 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	2490 MHz
Number of transistors	21,700 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	262.4	1,414
Floating-point processing power	8.397 TFLOPS	90.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	192
TMUs	128	568
Tensor Cores	256	568
Ray Tracing Cores	16	142
L1 Cache	3 MB	17.8 MB
L2 Cache	8 MB	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 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	48 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 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

Portable Device Dependent

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9
DLSS	+	+

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	130−140 −129%	300−310 +129%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 −120%	110−120 +120%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	90−95 −128%	210−220 +128%
Counter-Strike 2	130−140 −129%	300−310 +129%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 −120%	110−120 +120%
Escape from Tarkov	90−95 −133%	210−220 +133%
Far Cry 5	75−80 −127%	170−180 +127%
Fortnite	110−120 −135%	270−280 +135%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 −128%	210−220 +128%
Forza Horizon 5	70−75 −133%	170−180 +133%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	90−95 −133%	210−220 +133%
Valorant	160−170 −116%	350−400 +116%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	90−95 −128%	210−220 +128%
Counter-Strike 2	130−140 −129%	300−310 +129%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	250−260 −137%	600−650 +137%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 −120%	110−120 +120%
Dota 2	120−130 −133%	280−290 +133%
Escape from Tarkov	90−95 −133%	210−220 +133%
Far Cry 5	75−80 −127%	170−180 +127%
Fortnite	110−120 −135%	270−280 +135%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 −128%	210−220 +128%
Forza Horizon 5	70−75 −133%	170−180 +133%
Grand Theft Auto V	80−85 −126%	190−200 +126%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −135%	120−130 +135%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	90−95 −133%	210−220 +133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 −135%	160−170 +135%
Valorant	160−170 −116%	350−400 +116%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	90−95 −128%	210−220 +128%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 −120%	110−120 +120%
Dota 2	120−130 −133%	280−290 +133%
Escape from Tarkov	90−95 −133%	210−220 +133%
Far Cry 5	75−80 −127%	170−180 +127%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 −128%	210−220 +128%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	90−95 −133%	210−220 +133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 −135%	160−170 +135%
Valorant	160−170 −116%	350−400 +116%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

110−120

−135%

270−280
+135%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	45−50 −124%	110−120 +124%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	160−170 −112%	350−400 +112%
Grand Theft Auto V	40−45 −126%	95−100 +126%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −126%	70−75 +126%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 −130%	400−450 +130%
Valorant	190−200 −126%	450−500 +126%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	65−70 −131%	150−160 +131%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −117%	50−55 +117%
Escape from Tarkov	50−55 −131%	120−130 +131%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −131%	120−130 +131%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −120%	130−140 +120%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 −136%	85−90 +136%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

55−60
−136%

130−140

+136%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 −127%	50−55 +127%
Grand Theft Auto V	40−45 −133%	100−105 +133%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −137%	45−50 +137%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −135%	80−85 +135%
Valorant	130−140 −122%	300−310 +122%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	35−40 −136%	85−90 +136%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 −127%	50−55 +127%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −110%	21−24 +110%
Dota 2	75−80 −134%	180−190 +134%
Escape from Tarkov	24−27 −129%	55−60 +129%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −122%	60−65 +122%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −125%	90−95 +125%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −129%	55−60 +129%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

24−27

−120%

55−60
+120%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	22.54	53.47
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	48 GB
Chip lithography	6 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	300 Watt

Arc A550M has 400% lower power consumption.

L40, on the other hand, has a 137.2% higher aggregate performance score, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

The L40 is our recommended choice as it beats the Arc A550M in performance tests.

Be aware that Arc A550M is a notebook graphics card while L40 is a workstation one.