L40S vs Radeon HD 8770M

Place in the ranking	847	79
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	12.27
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Mars	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	1 April 2013 (12 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	384	18176
Core clock speed	775 MHz	1110 MHz
Boost clock speed	825 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.80	1,431
Floating-point processing power	0.6336 TFLOPS	91.61 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	192
TMUs	24	568
Tensor Cores	no data	568
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	142
L1 Cache	96 KB	17.8 MB
L2 Cache	256 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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	1125 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	864.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
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	No outputs	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 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9
DLSS	-	+

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 HD

−1567%

900−950
+1567%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −1525%	130−140 +1525%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1567%	100−105 +1567%
Hogwarts Legacy	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	9−10 −1567%	150−160 +1567%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −1525%	130−140 +1525%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1567%	100−105 +1567%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −1525%	130−140 +1525%
Fortnite	14−16 −1614%	240−250 +1614%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −1614%	240−250 +1614%
Forza Horizon 5	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%
Hogwarts Legacy	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −1592%	220−230 +1592%
Valorant	45−50 −1567%	750−800 +1567%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	9−10 −1567%	150−160 +1567%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −1525%	130−140 +1525%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	50−55 −1598%	900−950 +1598%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1567%	100−105 +1567%
Dota 2	27−30 −1567%	450−500 +1567%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −1525%	130−140 +1525%
Fortnite	14−16 −1614%	240−250 +1614%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −1614%	240−250 +1614%
Forza Horizon 5	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%
Grand Theft Auto V	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%
Hogwarts Legacy	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −1600%	85−90 +1600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −1592%	220−230 +1592%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −1567%	150−160 +1567%
Valorant	45−50 −1567%	750−800 +1567%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	9−10 −1567%	150−160 +1567%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1567%	100−105 +1567%
Dota 2	27−30 −1567%	450−500 +1567%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −1525%	130−140 +1525%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −1614%	240−250 +1614%
Hogwarts Legacy	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −1592%	220−230 +1592%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −1567%	150−160 +1567%
Valorant	45−50 −1567%	750−800 +1567%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

14−16

−1614%

240−250
+1614%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −1567%	100−105 +1567%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	21−24 −1567%	350−400 +1567%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −1500%	400−450 +1500%
Valorant	24−27 −1500%	400−450 +1500%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1600%	85−90 +1600%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%
Hogwarts Legacy	3−4 −1567%	50−55 +1567%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −1525%	65−70 +1525%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

5−6

−1600%

85−90
+1600%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −1633%	260−270 +1633%
Valorant	14−16 −1614%	240−250 +1614%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Dota 2	8−9 −1525%	130−140 +1525%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 −1567%	50−55 +1567%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

3−4

−1567%

50−55
+1567%

This is how HD 8770M and L40S compete in popular games:

L40S is 1567% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.75	47.88
Recency	1 April 2013	13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	48 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm

L40S has a 1641.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The L40S is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8770M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8770M is a notebook graphics card while L40S is a workstation one.