L40 vs GRID K260Q

Place in the ranking	588	61
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.40	no data
Power efficiency	2.41	13.77
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GK104	AD102
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	28 June 2013 (12 years ago)	13 October 2022 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$937	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

no data

Performance to price scatter graph

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	1536	18176
Core clock speed	745 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2490 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	95.36	1,414
Floating-point processing power	2.289 TFLOPS	90.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	192
TMUs	128	568
Tensor Cores	no data	568
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	142
L1 Cache	128 KB	17.8 MB
L2 Cache	512 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 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	IGP	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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	48 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 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 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	3.0	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.

GRID K260Q 7.05

L40 53.69
+662%

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.

GRID K260Q 2949
Samples: 4

L40 22466
+662%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.05	53.69
Recency	28 June 2013	13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	48 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	300 Watt

GRID K260Q has 33.3% lower power consumption.

L40, on the other hand, has a 661.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

The L40 is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID K260Q in performance tests.