L40 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking55not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency30.30no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA103SAD102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date25 January 2022 (2 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 cores742418176
Core clock speed810 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speed1260 MHz2490 MHz
Number of transistorsno data76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate292.31,414
Floating-point processing power18.71 TFLOPS90.52 TFLOPS
ROPs96192
TMUs232568
Tensor Cores232568
Ray Tracing Cores58142

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB48 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth512.0 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 outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 January 2022 13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 300 Watt

RTX 3080 Ti Mobile has 160.9% lower power consumption.

L40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile and L40. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile is a notebook card while L40 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
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