Jetson TK1 vs L40G
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015) |
| GPU code name | AD102 | GK20A |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 13 October 2022 (2 years ago) | 15 October 2014 (10 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 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 1005 MHz | 756 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2475 MHz | 951 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 76,300 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 8 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1,406 | 7.608 |
| Floating-point processing power | 89.97 TFLOPS | 0.3652 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 192 | 4 |
| TMUs | 568 | 8 |
| Tensor Cores | 568 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 142 | 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 | PCIe 1.0 x1 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| 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 | DDR3L |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | 467 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 864.0 GB/s | 7.472 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Portable Device Dependent |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.5 (5.1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | ES 3.1 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 3.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 October 2022 | 15 October 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 8 Watt |
L40G has an age advantage of 7 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.
Jetson TK1, on the other hand, has 3650% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between L40G and Jetson TK1. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that L40G is a workstation card while Jetson TK1 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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