L40 vs GeForce 9300 SE

Place in the ranking	1461	62
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	13.79
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	G98	AD102
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	1 June 2008 (17 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	8	18176
Core clock speed	540 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2490 MHz
Number of transistors	210 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.320	1,414
Floating-point processing power	0.0208 TFLOPS	90.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	192
TMUs	8	568
Tensor Cores	no data	568
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	142
L1 Cache	no data	17.8 MB
L2 Cache	16 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	no data	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	DDR2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	48 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	6.4 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.7
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	1.1	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.

9300 SE 0.19

L40 53.72
+28174%

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.

9300 SE 81
Samples: 1

L40 22466
+27636%

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	0.19	53.72
Recency	1 June 2008	13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	48 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	4 nm

L40 has a 28174% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 19100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

The L40 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9300 SE in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 9300 SE is a desktop graphics card while L40 is a workstation one.