L40G vs RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 48 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 35.78 | no data |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | AD103 | AD102 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 21 March 2023 (2 years ago) | 13 October 2022 (2 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 | 9728 | 18176 |
| Core clock speed | 1425 MHz | 1005 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2115 MHz | 2475 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 45,900 million | 76,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 643.0 | 1,406 |
| Floating-point processing power | 41.15 TFLOPS | 89.97 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 112 | 192 |
| TMUs | 304 | 568 |
| Tensor Cores | 304 | 568 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 76 | 142 |
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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 576.0 GB/s | 864.0 GB/s |
| 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 | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
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 | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 21 March 2023 | 13 October 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 300 Watt |
RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile has an age advantage of 5 months, and 150% lower power consumption.
L40G, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile and L40G. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation graphics card while L40G is a workstation one.
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