L40S vs RTX 6000 Ada Generation

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared RTX 6000 Ada Generation and L40S, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 6000 Ada Generation
2022
48 GB GDDR6, 300 Watt
64.30
+52.2%

RTX 6000 Ada Generation outperforms L40S by an impressive 52% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1971
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.47no data
Power efficiency16.9611.14
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameAD102AD102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date3 December 2022 (2 years ago)13 October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,799 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores1817618176
Core clock speed915 MHz1110 MHz
Boost clock speed2505 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors76,300 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate1,4231,431
Floating-point processing power91.06 TFLOPS91.61 TFLOPS
ROPs192192
TMUs568568
Tensor Cores568568
Ray Tracing Cores142142

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 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pin1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount48 GB48 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth960.0 GB/s864.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR++

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 Connectors4x DisplayPort 1.4a1x 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.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.86.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.9
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.

RTX 6000 Ada Generation 64.30
+52.2%
L40S 42.26

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.

RTX 6000 Ada Generation 28728
+52.2%
L40S 18881

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.

RTX 6000 Ada Generation 315509
L40S 341534
+8.2%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

RTX 6000 Ada Generation 251693
L40S 258467
+2.7%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD183
+52.5%
120−130
−52.5%
1440p160
+60%
100−110
−60%
4K109
+55.7%
70−75
−55.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080p37.15no data
1440p42.49no data
4K62.38no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 300−350
+53.3%
210−220
−53.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180
+59.1%
110−120
−59.1%
Hogwarts Legacy 160−170
+60%
100−105
−60%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 180−190
+64.5%
110−120
−64.5%
Counter-Strike 2 300−350
+53.3%
210−220
−53.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180
+59.1%
110−120
−59.1%
Far Cry 5 130
+52.9%
85−90
−52.9%
Fortnite 300−350
+58.9%
190−200
−58.9%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+53.9%
180−190
−53.9%
Forza Horizon 5 190−200
+52.3%
130−140
−52.3%
Hogwarts Legacy 160−170
+60%
100−105
−60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+60.9%
110−120
−60.9%
Valorant 400−450
+54.2%
260−270
−54.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 180−190
+64.5%
110−120
−64.5%
Counter-Strike 2 300−350
+53.3%
210−220
−53.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+54.4%
180−190
−54.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180
+59.1%
110−120
−59.1%
Far Cry 5 126
+57.5%
80−85
−57.5%
Fortnite 300−350
+58.9%
190−200
−58.9%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+53.9%
180−190
−53.9%
Forza Horizon 5 190−200
+52.3%
130−140
−52.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 170−180
+55.5%
110−120
−55.5%
Hogwarts Legacy 160−170
+60%
100−105
−60%
Metro Exodus 114
+62.9%
70−75
−62.9%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+60.9%
110−120
−60.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 489
+63%
300−310
−63%
Valorant 400−450
+54.2%
260−270
−54.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 180−190
+64.5%
110−120
−64.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180
+59.1%
110−120
−59.1%
Far Cry 5 118
+57.3%
75−80
−57.3%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+53.9%
180−190
−53.9%
Hogwarts Legacy 160−170
+60%
100−105
−60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+60.9%
110−120
−60.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 260
+52.9%
170−180
−52.9%
Valorant 400−450
+54.2%
260−270
−54.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 300−350
+58.9%
190−200
−58.9%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 210−220
+54.3%
140−150
−54.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 500−550
+72%
300−310
−72%
Grand Theft Auto V 140−150
+60%
90−95
−60%
Metro Exodus 95
+58.3%
60−65
−58.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+59.1%
110−120
−59.1%
Valorant 450−500
+61.7%
300−310
−61.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 170−180
+62.7%
110−120
−62.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+56.9%
65−70
−56.9%
Far Cry 5 118
+57.3%
75−80
−57.3%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
+61.3%
150−160
−61.3%
Hogwarts Legacy 95−100
+58.3%
60−65
−58.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 219
+56.4%
140−150
−56.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 150−160
+58.9%
95−100
−58.9%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 40
+66.7%
24−27
−66.7%
Grand Theft Auto V 160−170
+52.7%
110−120
−52.7%
Hogwarts Legacy 50−55
+54.3%
35−40
−54.3%
Metro Exodus 90
+63.6%
55−60
−63.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 184
+53.3%
120−130
−53.3%
Valorant 300−350
+58.1%
210−220
−58.1%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+56.5%
85−90
−56.5%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+61.7%
60−65
−61.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+63.3%
30−33
−63.3%
Far Cry 5 115
+53.3%
75−80
−53.3%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+52.3%
130−140
−52.3%
Hogwarts Legacy 50−55
+54.3%
35−40
−54.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 95−100
+60%
60−65
−60%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 75−80
+58%
50−55
−58%

This is how RTX 6000 Ada Generation and L40S compete in popular games:

  • RTX 6000 Ada Generation is 53% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 6000 Ada Generation is 60% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 6000 Ada Generation is 56% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 64.30 42.26
Recency 3 December 2022 13 October 2022

RTX 6000 Ada Generation has a 52.2% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 month.

The RTX 6000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the L40S in performance tests.

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