L40S vs GeForce GTX 460 v2 ES

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated84
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data10.00
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGF114AD102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date24 September 2011 (13 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 cores33618176
Core clock speed779 MHz1110 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate43.621,431
Floating-point processing power1.046 TFLOPS91.61 TFLOPS
ROPs32192
TMUs56568
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
Length210 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1280 MB48 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.3 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 September 2011 13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 48 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 300 Watt

GTX 460 v2 ES has 87.5% lower power consumption.

L40S, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 3740% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460 v2 ES and L40S. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 460 v2 ES is a desktop card while L40S is a workstation one.


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