L40 vs Radeon HD 7950 Boost

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated59
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data13.61
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTahitiAD102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date22 June 2012 (13 years ago)13 October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 no data

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 cores179218176
Core clock speed850 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHz2490 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate103.61,414
Floating-point processing power3.315 TFLOPS90.52 TFLOPS
ROPs32192
TMUs112568
Tensor Coresno data568
Ray Tracing Coresno data142

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length274 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB48 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth240.0 GB/s864.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.9
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 June 2012 13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 300 Watt

HD 7950 Boost has 50% lower power consumption.

L40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7950 Boost and L40. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7950 Boost is a desktop graphics card while L40 is a workstation one.

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