L40 vs Quadro P3200 Max-Q

Place in the ranking	293	62
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	22.49	13.79
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GP104	AD102
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Release date	21 February 2018 (8 years ago)	13 October 2022 (3 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	1792	18176
Core clock speed	1139 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1404 MHz	2490 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	157.2	1,414
Floating-point processing power	5.032 TFLOPS	90.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	192
TMUs	112	568
Tensor Cores	no data	568
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	142
L1 Cache	672 KB	17.8 MB
L2 Cache	1536 KB	96 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	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	48 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1753 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	168.3 GB/s	864.0 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

No outputs

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	6.1	8.9
DLSS	-	+

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

P3200 Max-Q 21.91

L40 53.72
+145%

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.

P3200 Max-Q 9177
Samples: 151

L40 22466
+145%

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	21.91	53.72
Recency	21 February 2018	13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	48 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	300 Watt

P3200 Max-Q has 300% lower power consumption.

L40, on the other hand, has a 145% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The L40 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro P3200 Max-Q in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P3200 Max-Q is a mobile workstation graphics card while L40 is a workstation one.