L40S vs Radeon 550X
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon 550X with L40S, including specs and performance data.
L40S outperforms 550X by a whopping 1256% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 771 | 77 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.42 | 12.26 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Lexa | AD102 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 27 March 2019 (6 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 | 512 | 18176 |
| Core clock speed | 1082 MHz | 1110 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1218 MHz | 2520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,200 million | 76,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 38.98 | 1,431 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.247 TFLOPS | 91.61 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 192 |
| TMUs | 32 | 568 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 568 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 142 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | 17.8 MB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 48 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 | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 145 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 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 | 2 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 112.0 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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 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.
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.
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 | 3.53 | 47.87 |
| Recency | 27 March 2019 | 13 October 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 48 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 300 Watt |
Radeon 550X has 500% lower power consumption.
L40S, on the other hand, has a 1256.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.
The L40S is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 550X in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon 550X is a desktop graphics card while L40S is a workstation one.
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