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
74.72
+52.6%

RTX 6000 Ada Generation outperforms L40S by an impressive 53% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1565
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.05no data
Power efficiency17.0811.20
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

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 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--

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 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

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.

RTX 6000 Ada Generation 74.72
+52.6%
L40S 48.98

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 28801
+52.5%
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 324676
L40S 346380
+6.7%

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 242345
+6.2%
L40S 228143

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 HD181
+64.5%
110−120
−64.5%
1440p170
+54.5%
110−120
−54.5%
4K118
+57.3%
75−80
−57.3%

Cost per frame, $

1080p37.56no data
1440p39.99no data
4K57.62no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 150−160
+57.9%
95−100
−57.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130−140
+55.3%
85−90
−55.3%
Battlefield 5 230−240
+56.7%
150−160
−56.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+60%
75−80
−60%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+56%
75−80
−56%
Far Cry New Dawn 180−190
+63.6%
110−120
−63.6%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
+61.3%
150−160
−61.3%
Hitman 3 120−130
+61.3%
80−85
−61.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 260−270
+55.3%
170−180
−55.3%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+55%
100−105
−55%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+53.8%
80−85
−53.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 300−350
+56%
200−210
−56%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+53%
100−105
−53%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 150−160
+57.9%
95−100
−57.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130−140
+55.3%
85−90
−55.3%
Battlefield 5 230−240
+56.7%
150−160
−56.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+60%
75−80
−60%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+56%
75−80
−56%
Far Cry New Dawn 180−190
+63.6%
110−120
−63.6%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
+61.3%
150−160
−61.3%
Hitman 3 120−130
+61.3%
80−85
−61.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 260−270
+55.3%
170−180
−55.3%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+55%
100−105
−55%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+53.8%
80−85
−53.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 300−350
+56%
200−210
−56%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 150−160
+59%
100−105
−59%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+53%
100−105
−53%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 150−160
+57.9%
95−100
−57.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130−140
+55.3%
85−90
−55.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+60%
75−80
−60%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+56%
75−80
−56%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
+61.3%
150−160
−61.3%
Hitman 3 120−130
+61.3%
80−85
−61.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 260−270
+55.3%
170−180
−55.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 300−350
+56%
200−210
−56%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 260
+52.9%
170−180
−52.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+53%
100−105
−53%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+53.8%
80−85
−53.8%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+66%
100−105
−66%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+60%
70−75
−60%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+58.2%
55−60
−58.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 90−95
+56.7%
60−65
−56.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+64%
50−55
−64%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+52.7%
55−60
−52.7%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+59.4%
170−180
−59.4%
Hitman 3 100−110
+52.9%
70−75
−52.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+57.5%
120−130
−57.5%
Metro Exodus 99
+65%
60−65
−65%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 210−220
+63.1%
130−140
−63.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 219
+56.4%
140−150
−56.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 240−250
+60%
150−160
−60%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+57.3%
75−80
−57.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+60%
55−60
−60%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+53.3%
45−50
−53.3%
Hitman 3 65−70
+62.5%
40−45
−62.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 87
+58.2%
55−60
−58.2%
Metro Exodus 110−120
+58.7%
75−80
−58.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 184
+53.3%
120−130
−53.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60−65
+74.3%
35−40
−74.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
+68.6%
35−40
−68.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+73.3%
30−33
−73.3%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+66.7%
30−33
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+55.3%
85−90
−55.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
+57.3%
75−80
−57.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+60%
30−33
−60%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
+64%
50−55
−64%

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

  • RTX 6000 Ada Generation is 65% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 6000 Ada Generation is 55% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 6000 Ada Generation is 57% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 74.72 48.98
Recency 3 December 2022 13 October 2022

RTX 6000 Ada Generation has a 52.6% 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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