L40 CNX vs GeForce 9800S

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG94AD102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date15 July 2008 (16 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 cores6418176
Core clock speed600 MHz1005 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2475 MHz
Number of transistors505 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate19.201,406
Floating-point processing power0.192 TFLOPS89.97 TFLOPS
ROPs16192
TMUs32568
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 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s864.0 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 ConnectorsVGAHDMISingle Link DVI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIF + HDAno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 July 2008 13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 300 Watt

GeForce 9800S has 300% lower power consumption.

L40 CNX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800S and L40 CNX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9800S is a notebook card while L40 CNX is a workstation one.


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