L40 vs Radeon Instinct MI250
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | CDNA 2.0 (2021) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Aldebaran | AD102 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 8 November 2021 (3 years ago) | 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 cores | 13312 | 18176 |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 735 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1700 MHz | 2490 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 58,200 million | 76,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1,414 | 1,414 |
| Floating-point processing power | 45.26 TFLOPS | 90.52 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 192 |
| TMUs | 832 | 568 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 568 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 142 |
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 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-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 | HBM2e | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 8192 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 3,277 GB/s | 864.0 GB/s |
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 Connectors | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | N/A | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | N/A | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | N/A | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 November 2021 | 13 October 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 GB | 48 GB |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 300 Watt |
Instinct MI250 has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.
L40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Instinct MI250 and L40. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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