L40 vs Radeon 860M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 860M with L40, including specs and performance data.

Radeon 860M
2025
15 Watt
10.98

L40 outperforms 860M by a whopping 386% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking43352
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency54.6313.26
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameStrix PointAD102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release dateMarch 2025 (recently)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 cores51218176
Core clock speed400 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speed3000 MHz2490 MHz
Number of transistors34,000 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology4 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate96.001,414
Floating-point processing power3.072 TFLOPS90.52 TFLOPS
ROPs8192
TMUs32568
Tensor Coresno data568
Ray Tracing Cores8142

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared48 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared384 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data864.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent4x DisplayPort 1.4a

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
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.9
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.

Radeon 860M 10.98
L40 53.31
+386%

  • Passmark

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.

Radeon 860M 4626
L40 22466
+386%

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 HD36
−372%
170−180
+372%

FPS performance in popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • Full HD
    Epic Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    Epic Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    Epic Preset
Counter-Strike 2 60−65
−375%
290−300
+375%
Hogwarts Legacy 20−22
−375%
95−100
+375%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−369%
230−240
+369%
Counter-Strike 2 60−65
−375%
290−300
+375%
Far Cry 5 47
−368%
220−230
+368%
Fortnite 65−70
−355%
300−310
+355%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−379%
230−240
+379%
Hogwarts Legacy 20−22
−375%
95−100
+375%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
−375%
190−200
+375%
Valorant 100−110
−341%
450−500
+341%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−369%
230−240
+369%
Counter-Strike 2 60−65
−375%
290−300
+375%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 160−170
−360%
750−800
+360%
Far Cry 5 43
−365%
200−210
+365%
Fortnite 65−70
−355%
300−310
+355%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−379%
230−240
+379%
Grand Theft Auto V 37
−359%
170−180
+359%
Hogwarts Legacy 20−22
−375%
95−100
+375%
Metro Exodus 21−24
−378%
110−120
+378%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
−375%
190−200
+375%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−383%
140−150
+383%
Valorant 100−110
−341%
450−500
+341%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−369%
230−240
+369%
Far Cry 5 40
−375%
190−200
+375%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−379%
230−240
+379%
Hogwarts Legacy 20−22
−375%
95−100
+375%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
−375%
190−200
+375%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−383%
140−150
+383%
Fortnite 65−70
−355%
300−310
+355%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−376%
100−105
+376%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 85−90
−371%
400−450
+371%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−371%
80−85
+371%
Metro Exodus 12−14
−362%
60−65
+362%
Valorant 120−130
−347%
550−600
+347%
Battlefield 5 30−33
−367%
140−150
+367%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−358%
110−120
+358%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−381%
130−140
+381%
Hogwarts Legacy 12−14
−358%
55−60
+358%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−371%
80−85
+371%
Fortnite 24−27
−358%
110−120
+358%
Counter-Strike 2 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
−355%
100−105
+355%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−329%
30−33
+329%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−364%
65−70
+364%
Valorant 60−65
−383%
290−300
+383%
Battlefield 5 14−16
−367%
70−75
+367%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−355%
50−55
+355%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−374%
90−95
+374%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−355%
50−55
+355%
Fortnite 10−12
−355%
50−55
+355%

This is how Radeon 860M and L40 compete in popular games:

  • L40 is 372% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.98 53.31
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 300 Watt

Radeon 860M has 1900% lower power consumption.

L40, on the other hand, has a 385.5% higher aggregate performance score.

The L40 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 860M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 860M is a notebook card while L40 is a workstation one.

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