RTX 2000 Ada Generation vs L40S

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared L40S and RTX 2000 Ada Generation, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

L40S
2022
48 GB GDDR6, 300 Watt
37.31

RTX 2000 Ada Generation outperforms L40S by a significant 24% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking12272
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data81.74
Power efficiency8.6445.79
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameAD102AD107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 October 2022 (2 years ago)12 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores181762816
Core clock speed1110 MHz1620 MHz
Boost clock speed2520 MHz2130 MHz
Number of transistors76,300 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate1,431187.4
Floating-point processing power91.61 TFLOPS12 TFLOPS
ROPs19248
TMUs56888
Tensor Cores56888
Ray Tracing Cores14222

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mm168 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount48 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth864.0 GB/s256.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.9

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

L40S 37.31
RTX 2000 Ada Generation 46.16
+23.7%

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.

L40S 14397
RTX 2000 Ada Generation 17810
+23.7%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

L40S 345150
+297%
RTX 2000 Ada Generation 87018

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 37.31 46.16
Recency 13 October 2022 12 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 70 Watt

L40S has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 2000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 23.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 328.6% lower power consumption.

The RTX 2000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the L40S in performance tests.


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