L40G vs GeForce GT 650M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking750not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.00no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGK107AD102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date22 March 2012 (12 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 cores38418176
Core clock speedUp to 900 MHz1005 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate30.401,406
Floating-point processing power0.7296 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeDDR3\GDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB24 GB
Memory bus width128bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 80.0 GB/s864.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 300 Watt

GT 650M has 566.7% lower power consumption.

L40G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 650M and L40G. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 650M is a notebook card while L40G is a workstation one.


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