L40S vs Radeon E9560 PCIe
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 79 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 12.29 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Ellesmere | AD102 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 15 October 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 | 2304 | 18176 |
| Core clock speed | 1120 MHz | 1110 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1237 MHz | 2520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 76,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 178.1 | 1,431 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.7 TFLOPS | 91.61 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 192 |
| TMUs | 144 | 568 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 568 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 142 |
| L1 Cache | 576 KB | 17.8 MB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 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 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 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 | 8 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 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 | 4x 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 | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 October 2019 | 13 October 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 48 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 300 Watt |
E9560 PCIe has 131% lower power consumption.
L40S, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon E9560 PCIe and L40S. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon E9560 PCIe is a notebook graphics card while L40S is a workstation one.
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