DRIVE A100 PROD vs L40
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 63 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 13.64 | no data |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | AD102 | GA100 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 13 October 2022 (2 years ago) | 14 May 2020 (5 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 | 18176 | 6912 |
| Core clock speed | 735 MHz | 1065 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2490 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 76,300 million | 54,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 400 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1,414 | 609.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 90.52 TFLOPS | 19.49 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 192 | 192 |
| TMUs | 568 | 432 |
| Tensor Cores | 568 | 432 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 142 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 17.8 MB | 20.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | 96 MB | 32 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 | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | None |
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 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 48 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 6144 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | 1215 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 864.0 GB/s | 1,866 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 | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 October 2022 | 14 May 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 48 GB | 32 GB |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 400 Watt |
L40 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between L40 and DRIVE A100 PROD. We've got no test results to judge.
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