RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell vs L40
Aggregate performance score
We've compared L40 and RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell outperforms L40 by a significant 27% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 60 | 23 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 13.62 | 17.26 |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | AD102 | GB202 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 13 October 2022 (2 years ago) | 18 March 2025 (less than a 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 | 18176 | 14080 |
| Core clock speed | 735 MHz | 1590 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2617 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 76,300 million | 92,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1,414 | 1,151 |
| Floating-point processing power | 90.52 TFLOPS | 73.69 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 192 | 176 |
| TMUs | 568 | 440 |
| Tensor Cores | 568 | 440 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 142 | 110 |
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 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 48 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 864.0 GB/s | 1.34 TB/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 | 4x DisplayPort 2.1b |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 12.0 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Synthetic benchmark performance
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.
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.
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 | 53.61 | 67.93 |
| Recency | 13 October 2022 | 18 March 2025 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 5 nm |
L40 has a 25% more advanced lithography process.
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell, on the other hand, has a 26.7% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 years.
The RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell is our recommended choice as it beats the L40 in performance tests.
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