L20 vs Data Center GPU Max 1550
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 191 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 8.94 |
| Architecture | Generation 12.5 (2021−2023) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Ponte Vecchio | AD102 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 10 January 2023 (2 years ago) | 16 November 2023 (1 year 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 | 16384 | 11776 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1600 MHz | 2520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 100,000 million | 76,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 600 Watt | 275 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1,638 | 927.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 52.43 TFLOPS | 59.35 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 128 |
| TMUs | 1024 | 368 |
| Tensor Cores | 1024 | 368 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 128 | 92 |
| L1 Cache | 64 MB | 11.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 408 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 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | OAM Module | 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 | HBM2e | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 8192 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 3,277 GB/s | 864.0 GB/s |
| 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 | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 January 2023 | 16 November 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 GB | 48 GB |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 600 Watt | 275 Watt |
Data Center GPU Max 1550 has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.
L20, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 118.2% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Data Center GPU Max 1550 and L20. We've got no test results to judge.
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