HD Graphics 12EU 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 | 13.71 | no data |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Generation 5.75 (2010) |
| GPU code name | AD102 | Ironlake |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 13 October 2022 (3 years ago) | 10 January 2010 (15 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 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 735 MHz | 533 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2490 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 76,300 million | 177 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1,414 | 6.396 |
| Floating-point processing power | 90.52 TFLOPS | 0.1023 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 192 | 2 |
| TMUs | 568 | 12 |
| Tensor Cores | 568 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 142 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 17.8 MB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 96 MB | no data |
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 | QPI |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | no data |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 48 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 864.0 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a | Motherboard Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 10.1 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.9 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 October 2022 | 10 January 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 35 Watt |
L40 has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.
HD Graphics 12EU, on the other hand, has 757.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between L40 and HD Graphics 12EU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that L40 is a workstation graphics card while HD Graphics 12EU is a desktop one.
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