L40S vs Data Center GPU Max 1100
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 123 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 8.65 |
| Architecture | Generation 12.5 (2021−2023) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Ponte Vecchio | AD102 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 10 January 2023 (1 year 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 | 7168 | 18176 |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1110 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1550 MHz | 2520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 100,000 million | 76,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 694.4 | 1,431 |
| Floating-point processing power | 22.22 TFLOPS | 91.61 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 192 |
| TMUs | 448 | 568 |
| Tensor Cores | 448 | 568 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 56 | 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 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 12-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 | 48 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 8192 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 600 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,229 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 | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 January 2023 | 13 October 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 5 nm |
Data Center GPU Max 1100 has an age advantage of 2 months.
L40S, on the other hand, has a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Data Center GPU Max 1100 and L40S. 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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